Saylor Named to Vacant County Assessor Post
Thomas B. Saylor of Walkersville is appointed by the County Commissioners to the Board of Assessors for the remainder of Grayson Mercer term ending June 1. The vote was unanimous on the second ballot. Saylor may qualify immediately. Mercer and Speaks terms expire June 1. the appointment triggers resumed property assessment field work across multiple districts.
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Thomas BR. Saylor
Walkersville
Grayson H Mercer
Saylor
Jone
Mercer
Democratic State Central Committee
Central Committee
A. Lamar Barrick
E. C. Speaks
Near
Frederick
County Commissioner Board
Fhe Ter
Frederick City
Commissioner Board
State Central Committee
Drops Dead From His Chair Near Myersville
Sampson H. Moser, 81, a bachelor living alone on a farm two and a half miles west of Myersville in Moser's Hollow, was found dead early this morning beside a chair. Medical examiner and Deputy Sheriff ruled death from natural causes after investigation. Body removed to Gladhill Co. funeral home in Mid-Aetowwen. arrangements will be announced.
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Sampson H. Moser
Myersville
R. Paul Buhrman
Moser
Gladhill Co
Mid- Aetowwen
Farmers Cooperative to Stage Large Meeting Here Wednesday
Nearly 900 farmers are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Farmers Cooperative Association Inc with 873 signed acceptances. Sessions run at noon in Calvary Methodist Parish Hall and Evangelical Lutheran church social rooms. Speakers include John H. East of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and Stewart Waring of the Maryland OPA office. Lunch will be served and five directors elected. President E C Speaks will preside at one session and VP David Fry at the other.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Office of Price Administration
Farmers Cooperative Association, Inc
Calvary Methodist Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
John H. East
East Central
Agrcultural
Ad- Fuster’ Amtmft
Repdartat
East
United Nations
Churchville
Washington
East Central States
Virginia Agricultural Conservation Committee
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Stewart Waring
Maryland
OPA
Waring
Sears-Roebuck Net Mee
Geerees
Agriculture
B. Symons
University of Maryland
F. B. Bomberger
Edgar L. Thomas
Adamstown
E. C. Speaks
David Fry
Jefferson
German Press Prepares Public for Defeat on Russian Front
Stockholm reports January 25 dispatches say German newspapers warn of reverses on the eastern front and acknowledge serious difficulties facing Hitler’s forces. Boersen Zeitung notes Germany may capitulate again, while editorials urge resilience and compare to past hardships. In Burma, RAF bombers attacked Shwebo airfield and raided Akyab Island by night.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Hitler
Boersen Zeitung
Germany
Rome
Hannibal
England
New Delhi
Shwebo
Burma
Akyab Island
German Raider Drops Bombs on English Resort
A German raiding plane dropped bombs near a famous holiday resort in southwest England before being driven out to sea by British Spitfires. There were no reported casualties.
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London
England
City Discusses Firemen Social Security Taxes
Baltimore visit planned by City Attorney Edward J. Smith and Independent Hose Company President Benjamin B. Rosenstock to press for tax exemption on the salaries of twelve local fire drivers. Officials argue city payment places drivers under municipal exemption while the Bureau of Internal Revenue may view the companies as separate entities. Bills totaling about 2300 dollars for taxes and penalties cover three years. The Board of Aldermen urged city and company representatives to meet with the Revenue Bureau.
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Internal
Hampton Magruder
Board of Aldermen
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Noted critic Alexander Woollcott dies at 56 in New York
Funeral plans for Alexander Woollcott author critic and raconteur are expected today after he died of a heart attack just before midnight. He collapsed during the Peoples Platform program on a Columbia network and was taken to a hospital where he died at 11 46 p m. His brother William Woollcott is traveling from Catonsville to arrange the funeral.
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New York
Alexander Woollcott
Woollcott
Peoples Platform
Columbia
Hitler
Germany
Harry D. Gideonce
Brooklyn College
Edmund de Vol
William Woollcott
Catonsville
Rescuers Seek To Reach Damaged Plane In Peru
A Pan American-Grace Airways transport en route from Santiago to Lima with 12 passengers and crew 15 aboard crashed near the coast about 350 miles south of Lima. Rescuers hoped to reach the wreck by land but bad roads slowed progress. three U. S. citizens were aboard, including two Navy yeomen, along with two British officials.
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Peru
Lima
Pan American-Grace Airways
Santiago
Chile
U. S. Navy Yeomen
Golden Gardener
U. S
Tax help to assist federal return filers at local post offices
Deputy IRS collectors will staff the post office here from February 18 to March 15 to aid taxpayers in filing calendar year 1942 federal income tax returns. Additional sites and dates include Bank of Brunswick February 1–2, Miliry post office February 3–4, Woodbine National Bank February 5, Sykesville Bank February 6, New Windsor State Bank February 10, Taneytown post office February 16–17, Montgomery County National Bank Rockville February 12–13, Farmers Bank and Trust Co Rockville February 19–27.
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Internal Revenue
Pos
Bank of Brunswick
Miliry
Woodbine National Bank
Sykesville Bank
New Windsor State Bank
Taneviewnr
Montgomery County
Large Plane Reported Wrecked Near Blue Lake California
Early today Santa Rosa police said a large plane had been reported wrecked at Blue Lake in northern Lake County about 100 miles north of San Francisco. Postmasters and civilian spotters in the area disputed the report and no wreckage was confirmed.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Blue Lake
Lake County
Abov
San Francisco
Blue Lake District
Marie Partenger
Middletown
Big Navy Trans Arena
Robert H English
Pacific Fleet
Sonoma County
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Clear Lake
Army
James Dougherty
Calistoga
Petrified Forest
Jack Seavers
Land Division Victory Drive Closes With 3784 Keys
The Frederick High School Victory Corps Land Division reports 3784 keys collected and 130 pounds 4 ounces of metal turned over to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Four teams named for U. S. generals competed, Marshall team winning with 972 keys led by Sue McAlpin. other captains and counts listed. Four barrels of keys and metal were handed to the JCC for wartime production.
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Frederick High School
Victory Corps
Chamber of Commerce
Land Division
U. S
Eisenhower
Marshall
MacArthur
Clarke
Sue McAlpin
Vernon Christensen
Joseph Staley
Gordon Harris
Beverly Feaga Stupp
Five More Enemy Supply Ships Are Sunk By British
British submarines sunk five additional enemy supply ships in the central Mediterranean, according to the Admiralty. The report notes Benjamin Franklin suggested observation balloons in warfare, but balloons were not used in the Civil War, where altimeter triangulation was developed.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Benjamin Franklin
U S Troops Raid Maknassy in North Africa Operation
U S troops accepted a dare from Axis forces and raided Maknassy, 330 miles from Gabes, capturing enemy soldiers. French British and American forces halted a German thrust in the Ousseltia valley as patrols reported French wounded from the recent drive near Ousseltia.
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North Africa
United States
Maknassy
Gulf of Gabes
Jurgen von Aenim
Ousseltia
Kairouan
Chott Djerid
Gabes-Sfax
Pont du Fahs
Nazi Defeat In Russia Deepens On Voronezh Evacuation
The German high command said the Voronezh bridgehead was evacuated as planned to shorten the front. The AP report notes 22 Axis divisions encircled near Stalingrad with the Sixth Army receiving immortal glory for its defenses. Voronezh, a key railway hub 365 miles southeast of Moscow, links central and southern fronts.
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Associated Press
Russia
Voronezh
Berlin
Stalingrad
Moscow
Lend-Lease Report Details U N Pledges and Costs
Washington reports Administrator Edward R. Stettinius told Congress that about one in three tanks and combat planes built last year did not go to Allies through lend-lease. Cumulative lend-lease value reached 8.259 billion dollars by Jan 1, 1942, with munitions exports comprising about 15 percent of six month American production. Since March 1941, 36.548 billion dollars in goods and 1.705 billion in services have been allocated to United Nations. A note stresses lend-lease is not a loan or charity, but a program supporting nations resisting Axis aggression. Modern railway track typically lasts about twenty years before replacement.
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Washington
Edward R. Siettinius
Congress
Stettinius
United Nations
United States
Seven Guadalcanal Japanese Positions Captured American Offense Advances
Washington reports gains in the Solomon Islands as American forces seize seven key Japanese positions on Guadalcanal and destroy an island base 180 miles northwest by air and sea. About 201 Japanese killed and 40 captured. coastal Kokumbona and six elevations west of Amedosh air field taken.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Guadalcanal
Amedosh
Kokumbona
Point Cru
Andrea
Kolombangara
Munda
New Georgia Group
Allied leaders weigh roles for Marshall in 1943 drive
London reports speculating Gen George C Marshall may be named Generalissimo to direct Allied European operations in 1943. Washington and London circles discuss mobilizing a 3.5 million land army of civilians for farm work to aid the war effort.
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London
Pye
United Nationa
Hite
George C. Marshall
Bia
UU. 5
Victory Corps at Frederick High sells war bonds and stamps
The Frederick High School Victory Corps General Division, mostly freshmen and sophomores, raised 4144.25 in war bonds and stamps today. Under Miss Clara Bell Matthews and Miss Frances Buckingham, students used the public address system for the Schools at War drive and bought a $1000 bond and several $100, $50, and $25 bonds.
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Victory Corps
Frederick High School
Clara Bell Matthews
Frances Buckingham
Temporary ODT Office to Aid Vehicle Operators in Frederick
George R. Brey, district examiner for the Office of Defense Transportation, will establish a temporary headquarters in Frederick on Tuesday January 26 to assist commercial vehicle operators with Certificate of War Necessity issues. He urges prompt requests for adjustments, noting that temporary transport ration issuances end January 31 and fuel rations thereafter depend on provided allotments.
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George R. Brey
Office of Defense Transportalion
Frederick
ODT
Bray
County Court House
Brey
Fighting French push toward Tripoli as Eighth Army advances
London reports Brig. Gen. LeClerc's Fighting French forces move west of Tripoli with about 34 miles to the Mediterranean while the British Eighth Army pursues Rommel toward the Tunisian border. U.S. and Allied air forces raid Axis positions, striking Ausra, Medenine, and Zuara as Rommel retreats toward Tunisia.
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London
Gem
Jacques LeClerc
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Cairo
United States
Ausra
Eighth Army
Marshal Rennel
America
Mitchell
Tunisia
Medenine
Rommel
Jurgen von Arenim
Axia
Mareth Line
OWT
BBC
North Africa
Aled Firmen
Zuara
Sicily
Red Cross Ships January Knit Goods to Bethesda
Knitted items for the Army and Navy valued at 1550 were shipped from the Red Cross production room in January. Aimed at hospital use, the effort includes 400 Army sweaters 75 pairs of Army gloves 65 Navy sweaters and more. Stump socks arrived last week and will be turned in this week.
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Army
Navy
Red Cross
Navel Medical Center
Bethesda
Ernest C Webb
Red Cross Production
Four-Motored Army Bomber Crash Kills Crew Near Ordway
In Ordway Colorado a four motored Army bomber crashed late night killing all aboard. Undersheriff J. O'Connell says early counts estimate between nine and eleven deaths as ambulances from La Junta Army Air Base reach the scene.
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Ordway
Colo
Colorado
J. O'Connell
O Connell
la Junta Army Air Base
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U.S
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George €. Marshall
Walter Farr
The
Daily Mail
Gen. Marshall
Farr
Churchill
Percy Noble
Bath
Gates
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
French North Africa
Britain
China
Cordella Hull
Gibraltar
Spain
Paul V. McNutt
Wickard
Agriculture Department
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