RAF strikes Bordeaux and Lorient in renewed raid wave
London reports say the RAF bombed the French port of Bordeaux and the Lorient dock area last night, resuming the offensive after a two night lull. Two British aircraft are missing. Naples and Messina in Sicily were also bombed by Italian air action, with dawn raids attributed to heavy bombers.
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London
Bordeaux
Raae
Locient
RAF
Lorient
Germany
Naples
Rome
Associated Press
Messina
Sicily
Lane
Farmers Face Higher Income Tax Payments This Year
The Frederick Production Credit Association warns farmers they will pay higher income taxes in 1943 due to increased income and tax rates. Secretary-Treasurer Walter D. Bromley notes many farmers will owe taxes on 1942 income, with exemptions lowered and more farmers entering the tax paying class. Farmers seek 1943 production season credit as they plan to meet rising tax obligations.
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Walter D. Bromley
Frederick Production Credit Association
Bromley
Sam
No Acting President In Roosevelt's Absence
Washington says there was no acting chief executive while President Roosevelt was in North Africa. White House officials stressed Roosevelt remained president wherever he might be and that no designation as acting president was required during his absence. They noted papers signed away from Washington are dated there, and 34 telegrams to labor union officials on the anthracite coal strike did not require his personal signature.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
White House
United States
Atlantic
State Guard Bridge Guards Cost 24000 Annually
Annapolis January 26 The protection of a western Washington County bridge will cost 24000 annually from the state guard budget for the next biennium. Governors plan calls for an appropriation to guard state bridges against sabotage. Licking Creek bridge salary for one sergeant and nine privates plus upkeep totals 874000 per year.
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Annapolis
Washington County
State Guard
O'Conor
Licking Creek
Speculation Over Roosevelt Churchill North Africa Meeting
In Frederick last night rumors swirled about a major announcement following a 10 o clock meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill with their staffs in North Africa. Local residents speculated on actions from rationing to a European second front.
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Frederick
Roosevelt
Churchill
Trer
North Africa
Roosevelts
Fire companies to pay back social security taxes
Frederick volunteer fire companies must repay social security taxes on salaries as they are separate entities from the city. Internal Revenue officials say they owe about $2300 in taxes and penalties under protest while city officials explore law changes to exempt volunteers. Some propose city salary payments to drivers to preserve benefits.
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Frederick
Internal Revenue
Hampton Magruder
Edward J. Smith
Benjamin B Rosenstock
Hare Company
Baltimore
Smith
Treasury Department
Asl
Magruder
Messrs Smith
Rosenstock
Ec Wre
Hagerstown
Gift From Wife Aids Frederick City Hospital
A $125 donation from Mrs. Smith accompanied a letter from Vincent K Smith's wife praising Frederick City Hospital’s care after the Dickerson train wreck. She calls the money “blood money” and hopes it funds lab or bed needs in Dr Edward Thomas’s name. Also reports test pilot Byron Grover 41 of Snyder killed when his parachute failed near Cheltenham Maryland. He worked for Carus Wright and previously served in Burma. Survived by widow Margaret and two sons Robert and Richard.
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Edwardd Thomas
Frederick City Hospital
Dickerson
Vincent K Smith
Gates Mills, O
Edward Thomas i
Vincent Kinsman Smith
Buffalo
Byron Grover
Snyder
Cheltenham
Carus-Wright
Ier
Companys
Glover
Burma
Rangoon
Atlanta
Margaret
Robert
Richard
Native Children Surround Local Soldier Girl's Private Life Explored
Los Angeles January 26 Private Martin E Ross testified he knew Betty Hansen before and after the alleged September affair with Errol Flynn at a Bel Air dinner. He said Betty often stayed at a Hollywood hotel and visited a room with Bunny Baker. Defense cross examined about Betty denying relations at the party and about Flynn-related claims. Separate notes mention Hank Gowdy's Army commission and Edgewood Church revival meetings.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Slim Betty Hansen
Martin E .Ross
Camp Cooke
Calif
Betty
Flyn
Bel Air
Hoillywood
Ross
Bunny Baker
Jerry Giester
Flynn
Miss Hansen
Cochran
Catalina
Longer Work Week Is Asked
The Council of State Governments proposes a longer work week and moving civilian plants to labor surplus areas. It calls for a clear Federal policy on manpower and for operating the program through federal, state, and local lines. The report urges using nonviolent prisoners to ease state labor shortages and voluntary farm work for 16 and 17 year olds.
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Baltimore
Council of State
Council
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
War Manpower Commission
Safe Conduct For Nazi Spy Refuses By Brazil
Buenos Aires reporting that Brazil refused safe conduct for Capt Dietrich Niebuhr naval attache and alleged spy ringleader. Departure of the Cabo de Hornes was postponed to noon tomorrow as Britain and the United States had promised safe passage. Argentina asked Berlin to recall Niebuhr after Germany refused to waive immunity for trial. Niebuhr demanded safe passage through all Allied ports.
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Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Brazil
Germany
Dietrich Niebuhr
Britain
United States
Cabo de Hornes
Berlin
Niebuhr
Girl Charges Assault Against Former Employee
Constance Conner, a former employee, accuses Quen E. Ecker of assault and battery. Ecker, of 1003 North Market Street, was summoned Tuesday to appear in Police Court tonight following a warrant issued last Friday at Conner’s request.
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Quen E. Ecker
North Market Street
Constance Conner
F . Conner
Red Cross Work Lauded by Polish Warfield in Frederick
Mrs Gaiher P Warfield former Poland native spoke to the Frederick Red Cross Staff Assistance Corps meeting in the Francis Scott Key hotel praising Polish Red Cross aid during invasion. She described first aid stations under bombings and continued work by women after German dissolution. New SAC corps announced for Friday at 7 30 in the YMCA building.
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Red Cross
Poland
Gaiher P. Warfield
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Mrs Warfield
M C. A
Reb Town
SAC
Ransom R. Lewis
Marylander Rewarded For Saving Companion
A Maryland soldier, Private Herbert W. Anderson of Harford County, Md., received the Soldier's Medal at Camp Davis North Carolina for rescuing comrade George Kincade from a live power line during a December 1952 gale. Anderson climbed a pole, freed Kincade from wires, and lowered him to ground as the line risked re-energizing. Kincade, burned and shocked, survived. Anderson commented that he did what he was trained to do.
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Camp Davis
N.C
Maryland
Frederick H. Smith
Herber
W. Andérson
St, Or Street
Harford County
Anderson
Signal Corps
George Kincade
Sears Landing
Kincade
Ind
Street
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Quick Relief for Rheumatic Pain
An advertisement promotes Ru-Ex Compound claiming rapid relief for rheumatic arthritis neuritis and neuritis pain. It instructs mixing a two week supply with water and lemon juice drinking three tablespoons twice daily with reported 48 hour or overnight improvements and a money back guarantee if no benefit.
Deferments for Farm Hands Filed Too Late
Frederick County draft officials say employers largely caused late deferment filings as farmers rushed to shield hands from induction. Local boards explain deferments must be claimed within ten days of mailing notice and that skilled farm workers with farming backgrounds are the only eligible group, despite protests at Winchester Hall.
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Frederick County
Callun
Winchester Hall
Baltimore
Saara
Another Enemy Ship At Rabaul Is Fired
Allied bombers attack Rabaul setting fire to a large enemy ship. Medium bombers hit three cargo ships in the Arafura Sea. Night strikes on Buka air drome caused substantial fires in a supply dump. Heavy bombers pressed the Rabaul raid despite anti aircraft fire, with direct hits on a ship and several flames.
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Allied
Australia
Rabaul
Tbs High Command
Arafura Sea
New Guinea
Solomons
Buka
Nazis Make Claims On Libyan-Tunisian Linkup
London and Paris radio reports quoted by Reuters state German controlled Paris radio says Libyan forces under Marshal Erwin Rommel have made contact with General Jurgen von Arnim's troops in Tunisia. The claim, aired tonight, reflects ongoing Axis coordination in North Africa during the war.
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London
Reuters
Paris
Erwin Ronmmel
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Peterson's Ointment Brings Quick Relief for Piles
A Buffalo druggist 39 years ago created an ointment that eased itching and smarting from piles. Its cooling soothing astringent action made Peterson's Ointment widely known in thousands of homes. Ask your druggist for a 35¢ box or 60¢ tube with applicator. money back if not delighted with relief.
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Buffalo
Peterson
Nazis Shoot 250 French At Marseille Port
A Swiss report cited by Reuters said 250 French residents in Marseille were shot during a Nazi siege to clear 40 000 people from the port district with 80 women among the dead. Nazis claimed 40 000 moved out under martial law and warned death for return to slums as tanks and artillery besieged barricaded houses amid reports of impending Allied strategic decisions. A separate note covered the Frederick Police Commission meeting at the Key Hotel where police chief Poulsen and board chair Dr Ignatious Björlee said no new public details emerged.
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London
Marseille
Journal de Geneve
Reuters
Vithy Radio
France
Mediterranean
Zurich
Frederick Police Commission
Francis Scott Key
Arthur C. Poulsen
Ignatius Bjorlee
Dodgers star Harold Reese visits Louisville recruiting office
A Marine recruiting office spokesman in Louisville reports Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Harold Peewee Reese visited the center today and showed interest. Reese is working in a local war plant and would not commit to enlistment.
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Louisville
Marine Recruiting Office
Harold “Peewee” Reese
Brooklyn Dodgers
Reese
Truck Owners Making Same Mistake In ODT Certification
Frederick County commercial vehicle operators repeat common errors in ODT certificate of necessity applications. George R. Brey of the district examiner's office says over stating and under stating details create a confusing picture, delaying certificates. Temporary ODT office opened in the Court House to assist farmers seeking guidance as rationing continues until January 31.
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Frederick County
George R. Brey
ODT
Brey
Court House
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