Third Snow Adds Hazards Across County Roads
A light to moderate snowfall blanketed the area, with up to two inches near Thurmont and about half an inch citywide. State and county crews spread trucks and plows to clear and cinder roads as freezing conditions returned, while mail service faced delays and officials warned drivers to use chains. In Ecuador, strong earthquakes shook Guayaquil causing damaged walls and disrupted communications with Quito.
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Thurmont
State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Re- Ao Maes Ners Clerke 2
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway
Conly
Cumberland
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Cuenca
Loja
Mandabi
War Department eases discharge for men over age 38
The War Department moved to simplify discharge rules for enlisted men over 38 returning to civilian life. It dropped the prior requirement that a trained replacement must be available before discharge.
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Washington
War Department
Allied Air Raids Sink Most German Fighters at Wilhelmshaven
The Eighth U. S. Air Force said American Flying Fortresses and Liberators destroyed 22 German fighters in a large raid on Wilhelmshaven and Emden. Flyers reported only about 25 German planes defending, indicating the loss of nearly the entire opposition.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
U. S. Air Force
No Tax Appeals Court Here In County After State Bill
County commissioners said no local tax appeals court will be set up, despite a new state bill for periodic property reassessment. They note few local appeals and oppose salaries for a court, while supporting the bill’s general aim and a Tax Commission role in recommending assessor appointees.
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Board of County Commissioners
Senate Finance Committee
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Colored Registrant Certified Delinquent in Baltimore Ruling
A young colored registrant, George Robert Scott, was certified delinquent by Draft Board One and referred to the United States District Attorney in Baltimore for failing to update his change of address. Listed address was 32 Lincoln Apartments, with questionnaire returning unclaimed after a sister said he moved to Buffalo New York.
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Draft Board
United States District Attorney's Office
Baltimore
George Robert Scott
Las
Lincoln Apartments
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Pot Office
Eighth Army Enters Central Tunisia in Patrol Move
Cairo via wireless dispatch reports British Eighth Army units advanced into Tunisia in the central sector during patrols. The move followed clashes near Zuara and within 65 miles of Mareth, with Rommel's forces noted near Maresh Line. Bad weather limited air operations. all Allied planes returned safely.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Zuara
Tripoli
Rommel
Maresh Line
Mussolini
Libya
Peace to Come Should Limit Air Power Use
Major General Robert Olds urged restricting long range aircraft to peaceful nations with non aggressive histories. He called for enforced peace after the war and world wide air patrols to protect commerce, warning of future danger if production is not limited. He listed questions to guide peace conference decisions on national policy and expansion.
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Fort George Wright
Wash
Robert Olds
America
Second Air Force
Olds
January stock market closes with cautious gains
In New York on January 30 buying was less urgent yet sufficient to lift industrial favorites to new highs for over a year. The report notes major cities of Nicaragua lie on the western plain facing the Pacific.
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New York
Nicaragua
Pacife
Russian assault south of Lake Ladoga pushes toward Gulf of Finland
Soviet forces launched a violent new drive on a broad front south of Lake Ladoga with massed artillery and tanks. Berlin reported forty two Soviet tanks destroyed in bitter fighting as the attack continued, threatening Kursk Belgorod and Kharkov. Marshal Semeon Timoshenko may have directed the blow while Stalingrad defense remained stubborn.
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Moscow
Vormerh
Kursk
Belgorod
Kharkov
Associated Press
Lake Ladoga
Berlin Radio Today
New York
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Wallace and Wickard Lunch on Muskrat
Vice President Wallace and Secretary Wickard attended a lunch featuring fricasseed and fried muskrat with sauce piquant. The menu was arranged by Representative Domengeaux D Lat to promote muskrat as a substitute meat amid a wartime shortage in Louisiana swamps and bayous.
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Washington
Wallace
Domengeaux Dlat
Louisiana
Wickard
Enlisted Reservists To Be Inducted Soon
Washington reports the War Department will induct most enlisted reservists in colleges after the current semester ends. Medical pre medical and engineering students in the enlisted reserve are not called to active duty until the Irish semester ends beginning in 1993. ROTC students not in the enlisted reserve will be inducted voluntarily.
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Washington
Tur War Department
Reserve Training Corps
Hitler Urges War Effort as Germany Faces Sacrifice
London reports Hitler marked the tenth anniversary of his rise to power by warning Germans they must win the war or be enslaved by Bolshevism. Goebbels read the proclamation to about 10,000 at the Sports Palace while Goering spoke earlier after a daylight raid on Berlin.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Bolsheviste
Fuehrer
Paul- Joseph Goebbels
Ailliel Wassau
Herman Goering
RAF
Berlin
Goering
Goebbels
Germany
Pension Bill Helps Two County Teachers Without Certificates
The House of Delegates considers a county bill designed to aid two former teachers by removing the requirement for a life teaching certificate to receive a pension. Under current law a teacher over 60 who last taught before 1927 could get 300 dollars yearly if they held a life certificate.
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House of Delegates
Allied Planes Strike Bizerte and Tunis Airfield
Allied fighters hit the Axis held port of Bizerte striking a ship and dock targets. Ground fighting aims to block a junction of Rommel's retreating African Corps with Axis forces near Tunis. Bombers also attacked Tunis airfield and an Axis convoy between Sicily and Tunisia, with hits reported on two ships.
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North Africa
Bizerte
Erwin Bormmel
Tumnis-Bizerte P
Tunis
Sicily
Tunisia
Lemuel F. Parton Dies After Illness at 62
Lemuel Frederick Parton newspaper man and syndicate columnist dies at Polyclinic Hospital at age 62. Native of Platteville Colorado he served as city editor of the Los Angeles Herald in 1910 11 and associate editor of the San Francisco Bulletin from 1921 to 1919.
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Lemuel F. Parton
New York
Lemuel Frederick Parton
Who's News Today
Polyclinic Hospital
Platteville, Colo
Parton
Los Angeles Herald
San Francis ‘Ca
U-Boat Base At Lorient Heavily Raided Again
British bombers hit the German submarine base at Lorient in western France for a sixth raid in 16 days. Four bombers took part amid heavy anti aircraft fire, with clouds and poor visibility limiting damage though fires may have started. An early morning German raid on England killed a woman and three others.
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London
Lorient
France
Air Ministry
Bay of Biscay
England
President Roosevelt Turns 61 Amid War Leadership
Washington January 30 President Roosevelt is 61 today and continues guiding America through its pivotal war era. His record includes historic Casablanca flight and talks with Liberia’s Barclay and Brazil’s Vargas. Despite age, he shows vigor, fewer colds, and a year of dramatic decisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Casablanca
Germany
Italy
Japan
Africa
Barclay
Liberia
Var- Ras
Brazil
Mr. Roosevelt
Fewer Conscientious Objectors Listed in War Effort
Washington report shows COs are about one in 500 registrants, fewer than before. Col. Lewis F. Kosch, 53, of Continental Ohio, heads the Selective Service camp operations division overseeing 78 camps and 6,000 exempt men. The CO camps include 114 religious groups with Mennonites as the largest, including 28 Mennonite varieties.
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Washington
Lewis F. Kosch
Husky
Continental
Ohio
Selective Service System
RAF Mosquito raid disrupts Goering anniversary address
British Mosquito bombers struck Berlin as Goering prepared to address the tenth anniversary of Hitler's rise. Explosions delayed the speech by about an hour while Berlin shelters filled. Goering urged German unity and cited Stalingrad as proof of victory potential amid a somber mood.
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Berlin
Goering
London
Germany
Herman Goering
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Reuters
Ministry of Information
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