Counties favor continuation of teachers bonus system
Western Shore County Commissioners Association, after reorganization and new officers, voted overwhelmingly to continue the 1943 teachers bonus system and oppose stabilizing welfare appropriations. They urged a special session to reenact 1942 bonus legislation and invited the Eastern Shore association for a joint meeting. Eugene W. Pruitt, Maryland Schools Superintendent, spoke on school financing, echoing claims that the state does not bear its full share of school expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Shore County Commissioners Association
Eastern Shore Commissioners Association
General Assembly
County Treasuries
State Welfare Board
A. Grant Hooper
Frederick
Pruitt
Eugene W. Pruitt
Maryland
Legislative Council
War Interpreted By Kirkel Simpson Analysis
British Fifth Army advances on Minturno on the north slope of Misturno ridge while aiming to clear the Minturno Cassino Almna corridor. French and American units converge toward Cassino along the coast as the Liri Valley strategy narrows to the Minturno Cassino route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Italy
Misturno
Rome
Naples
Minturno
Minturno-Cassino-Almna
Mark Clark
Cassino
Liri
Berlin
Gacta- Pico-Aree
Sora
Minturno-Cassina
Garigliano
Gaeta
Nagi
Pontine Marshes
Terracina
Italian
Casilina
Frosinone
Ships Crash Off Capes One Burns Near Delaware Coast
A collision off the Delaware Capes involving two merchant ships left one ablaze and crewed by abandoning ship. Navy and Coast Guard craft aided, with flame visible from Rehoboth Beach. The incident follows two similar Delaware coast collisions in two months, with dozens of sailors missing or killed in related incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware Capes
Fourth Naval District
Navy
Coast Guard
Cape Henlopen
Del
Rehoboth Beach
Held for liquor theft in Baltimore case
Baltimore FBI announced the arrest and arraignment of four men on charges of stealing a truckload of whiskey valued at more than 12000 dollars. John W. Vincent said bail was set at 3000 dollars for theft from an interstate shipment and conspiracy to violate the Interstate Shipment Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John W. Vincent
FBI
United States
James K. Cullen
Federal Grand Jury
General Cannon Chosen to Lead U S Twelfth Air Force
Allied Headquarters Algiers announces Maj. Gen. John K Cannon as commanding general of the US Twelfth Air Force. He will lead the Tactical Air Force in close support of the Fifth and Eighth Armies. Cannon, a Salt Lake City native, has served in North Africa since November 1942 and has held multiple senior posts in the Mediterranean air command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Algiers
Tra C Exker
Aled
Mediterranean
John K Cannon
12Th Air Force
Cannon Aboud
Tactical Air Force
Avnurs Tis
Air Marchal
Arthur Coningham
Cannon
North Africa
Western Task Force
Morocco
12Th Bomber Command
James H Doolittle
Training Command
Coninghan
Salt Lake City
U.ah
Panhandle Farm Sales Rise in West Virginia Market
In West Virginia Eastern Panhandle December farm sales topped any December since World War I, Auctioneer W Strong Lewis reported. He forecast higher January and February sales, noting land transactions reflect a state wide trend amid surplus stock liquidation and farm labor shortages. He cited a sale at about 4200 dollars versus prewar estimates and warned hogs and young cattle sales lag due to overproduction and feed shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
W. Strong Lewis
Lewis
State Agriculture Department
Senate OKs 2.28 Billion Tax Bill in Unanimous Vote
Washington Jan 21 A $2 275 600 000 tax increase bill passed the Senate unanimously and heads to a conference with the House. It liberalizes war contract renegotiation rules, raises excise taxes on liquor cosmetics and more, and expands income taxes while delaying effective dates. The Social Security payroll tax would be frozen at 1 percent in 1944 despite opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Time extended in condemnation suit over Bright land near Camp Detrick
Heirs of Robert S Bright and executors obtain further delay in answering a Federal Government condemnation action on a tract surrounding the Bright mansion near Camp Detrick. The case, heard in Baltimore, centers on the compensation sum for the land as development advances for the Army post. State authorities contest Virginia probate actions, citing Maryland residency and taxes on the estate valued at about half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S Bright
Philadelphia
Frederick
Camp Detrick
United States Circuit Court
Baltimore
Associated Press
Mary McGaw Bright
J Gowan Roper
Richmond
First and Merchants Bank of Richmond
Harri M
Rocky Springs
Bright
Baltimore Court
Maryland
Frederick County
Virginia
Fillings Sell 124 Acre Farm in Carroll County
Waiter H Filling and Nellie M Filling of Cookeville sold 124 acres near Day in Berrett district Carroll County to Mr and Mrs John Olsson of Babylon New York. Purchasers take immediate possession of the farm now tenanted by Henry Fryfogle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Waiter H. Filling
Nellie M. Filling
Cookeville
Day
Berrett District
Carroll County
John Olsson
Babylon
New York
Henry Fryfogle
Two Frederick Brothers Reunite in England Amid Mild Censure
Two Frederick brothers, William D. Slagle and John R. Slagle, meeting in England after nearly two years overseas, caused only light discipline for failing to salute a colonel. They exchanged news in a Pic John billet area on December 10, sharing Frederick versus England contrasts as their unit adjusts to duty in the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Brothers
George C. Slagle
West Church Street
Frederick
V-mail
England
William D. Slagle
National Guard
John R. Stagle
William Slagle
William
Slagle
British Isles
Pic
John Slagle
John
Pfe
State Highway Deaths Decline in Maryland 1943 toll
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission reports 1943 highway fatalities at 390, 71 fewer than 1942, with 12,778 traffic accidents and 0,658 injuries. Declines driven by wartime restrictions. pedestrians accounted for over half of fatal injuries. County figures show varied reductions, with Baltimore City down 25 and counties totaling 261. Continuous emphasis on pedestrian safety and driver education as key prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
State Roads Commission
Commisson
Baltimore Cty
Baltimore City
Kent
Caroline
Queen Anne's
Walbot
Carroll
Dorchester
Garrett
St Mary's
Worcester
Allegany
Calvert and
Howard
Charles
Montgomery
Somerset
Wicomico
Frederick
Anne Arundel
Cecil
Harford
Washington
Prince George's
Baltimore County
St. Marys
Talbot
Gother
PCA Marks 10th Anniversary in Frederick Grange Hall
Frederick Production Credit Association members and guests gathered at the New Market Grange hall for the tenth anniversary celebration. Thomas C. Darby was reelected president for an eleventh year. Walter D. Bremley reported progress including 1001 members and $3,818,153 in loans. Ten-year employees and members were honored, with talks on cooperation and the association’s impact on local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Ulysses Griffith, IV
Gaithersburg
New Market Grange
Mary “Donegan Howe
Darby
J. Herbert Snyder
Elva Miller
LH. Crickenberger
Augustus Harris
Snyder
B. B. Derrick
Milk Producers’ Association
M. O. Wilson
Production Credit Corporation
Surprise call from Sergt C O Young Jr from Edmonton
A late morning call from Sergt C O Young Jr stationed at Edmonton Alberta Canada to his parents Mr and Mrs C O Young at 224 East Church Street announced a furlough and a return home to Frederick next week. He has served about 26 months and is postmaster at the Army Air Base in Edmonton. He noted extreme cold at different posts including 71 degrees below zero in the Yukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
C. O. Young, Jr
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
C. O. Young
East Church Street
Frederick
Sergt. Young
Army Air Base
160 Japs Die Off Madang
Allied Headquarters reports 160 Japanese troops killed when PT boats attacked barges near Madang New Guinea. Bombing and coastal attacks by Mitchells and Liberators target Madang Bogadjim Hansa Bay Rabaul and Bougainville as Australian and American forces press near Madang and surrounding isles.
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New Guinea
Madang
Cape Croisilles
Douglas MacArthur
Ramu
Bogadjim
Hansa Bay
Australia
Amooina Island
Dutch East Indies
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
Fifth Air Force
Rein Bay
Bougainville Island
Solanos
Buka Passage
Hayes Nominated for Temporary Major General
Brig. Gen. Philip Hayes, nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion to the temporary rank of major general, has served as commanding general of the Third Service Command since December 1, 1943. The Third Service Command, covering Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, follows Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord who became Provost Marshal in Europe. Hayes came from Army Service Forces headquarters in Washington where he had been on duty since July 1943. There are 15,000 terms describing weather phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Washington
Philip Hayes
Roosevelt
Third Service Command
Milton A. Reckord
United States Forces
European
England
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Gen. Hayes
Army Service Forces
Trial Of WAC Nears End In Washington
First Lt. Virginia Wight, a WAC officer accused of insubordination and fraternizing with enlisted personnel, testified in her own defense at an Army Reclassification Board hearing in Washington. The secret hearing, ongoing this week in the Pentagon area, is expected to conclude soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia Wight
WAC
Army
Signal Corps
Pentagon
Argentine Consul Held In Espionage Probe At Sea
Argentine Foreign Office says Osmar Alberto Hellmuth, an Argentine consul, was removed from a vessel en route to Europe by British officials at Trinidad over alleged espionage links. The government ordered a full investigation and notified the Federal police while detaining several others in secret inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Trinidad
Osmar Alberto Hellmuth
Europe
British Foreign Office
Hellmuth
Venezuela
Short Session in Barnesville Officer Finds Drunkenness Cited
Charles Onley, a colored farm hand near Barnesville, was the sole prisoner in Friday’s hearing before Justice Edward J. Smith. He pled guilty to drunkenness on the street and was released on suspension of a five dollar or five days jail sentence. Marion S. Ridgeley of New Market forfeited 645 dollars bail, posted when cited by Sergt. Daniel Swomley for speeding over 35 mph. Additional city ordinance forfeitures included Lewis Ropp of Middletown and George Gordon of 106 East Street each for intoxication, with fines of 2.50 dollars. all cases handled by city officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Onley
Barnesville
Edward J. Smith
Sherman Boone
Marion S. Ridgeley
Route 1
New Market
Sergi
Daniel Swomley
Lewis Ropp
Middletown
Harry Phillips
George Gordon
East Street
Norman Trump
Doll Dealer Is Held By U S
A New York doll dealer Velvale Dickinson aged 50 was arrested by FBI agents on charges of sending coded messages to South America hidden in doll sale letters. She forged customer names and used censorship evasion codes under wartime law. penalties include fines up to 10000 dollars or ten years in prison. Also noted are Lenin body views in Moscow and a Maryland postwar program endorsement by ex Governor Van Wagoner in Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
South America
Velvalee Dickinson
Hollywood
E. E Conroy
Conroy
Dickinson
California
Imperial Valley
Annapolis
Maryland
Michigan
Murray D. van Wagoner
O'Conor
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Commissioners Against Stabilization of Welfare
Kirkel Simpson
Capes
Braves
Boston
Boston Braves
Quinn Stout
National League
Gen. Cannon
U.S. 12Th Air Force
West Virginia Panhandle
Cal
Bernie's Arena
PCA
C. Canada
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Fleet Headquarters
Gilbert Islands
Fleet Air Wing Two
Maloelap
Seventh Army Air Force
Wotje
Ventura
Emidj
Tiniet
Jaluit
Berger’s
N. Market St
South Market St
U.S
Moscow
Tzvestia
Lenin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
van Wagoner
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E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Armstrong
Armstrong Cleaner
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
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