Ice path traps six cars in Frederick Junction wreck
A morning mass crash on an icy Frederick Junction road involved at least six vehicles. Cars and an Army truck skidded into guard rails and walls on the Monocacy river bridge, with several drivers and a passenger hurt or shaken. State troopers investigated while roads crews spread cinders to melt the ice.
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Frederick Junction
Roads Commission
Washington Road
Monocacy River
H. B. Robbins
Rockville
Army Fr
Strube
John A. Derr
Monrovia
Derr
Harry Holsinger
Walter Wilt
George Green
Thurmont
Worman’s Mill
Green
Frederick City Hospital
Mt. Alto Hospital
Washington
Liberty Road
Jean Hutton
Holsinger
Woman En Route To Funeral Is Killed
A Big Stone Gap woman and two others were injured when their coupe failed to negotiate a curve on U S Route 11 near Buchanas Roanoke Virginia en route to a Bristol funeral. Mrs Myrtle Shankle 35 was killed, pinned beneath the wrecked car. Salisbury Presley 25 of Olney Maryland suffered a fractured jaw and arm, and Billy Barker 17 of Cumberland sustained serious head injuries.
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Roanoke
UPI
Billy Barker
Cumberland
Prices Set by OPA for Home Radios and Phonographs
Washington January 31 The Office of Price Administration fixed ceiling prices for home radio and television sets phonographs and radio tubes to curb price jumps. Manufacturers may not charge above the highest net price from October 15 1941 or the prior 90 days. New models require OPA approval before marketing after February 9.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fire destroys LeGore butcher shop in early morning blaze
An early morning fire gutted Owen Dorsey LeGore's butcher shop along with the smoke shop and storage room, causing an estimated 4000 to 5000 dollars in damage. Mrs. Dorsey discovered the blaze around 3 30, saving the refrigeration plant while the adjacent residence remained unharmed. Insurance may partially cover losses as investigators work to determine a cause.
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Owen Dorsey
Dorsey
New Midway Fire Company
Fie
Two Held On Theft Charge
Clarence Kintz aged 23 and his brother Harry age 19 were arrested by City Officer Marion Carmack for theft after being caught wheeling allegedly stolen loot to a local junk yard. Both held on 250 dollar bonds with articles recovered including auto parts and a push-cart. A police hearing is expected Monday night.
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Wheeling
Clarence Kintz
Harry Kintz
Marion Carmack
Braddock
Earl Cline
Linden Hillis
Linden Hills
Cline
Linden Halls
Carmack
Clarence Kiniz
Frozen Cars to Be Released After February 12
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will release new cars purchased but not delivered before the January 1 freeze after February 12. Auto rationing starts February 26 rather than February 2, with final eligibility determinations guiding releases. About 130,000 units will be withheld as a government stockpile.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leon Henderson
Marine Commons Commissioned At Quantico
PRA class of 225 men mostly college graduates were commissioned as second lieutenants in the Marine Corps at Quantico Virginia on January 31 after months of theory and practice of war. Among those commissioned was Maryland-Webster Raydon Hood of Mount Airy.
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Quantico
PRA
Marine Corps
Maryland
Webster Raydon Hood
Mount Airy
Reds Claim Capture Of 16 Villages And Towns
Reds say they recaptured 46 towns in the central and southern Donets basin, narrowing on Lozovaya near the lower Dnieper. Berlin reports heavy Soviet and German losses. Luftwaffe says their forces repelled Soviet attacks near Kursk and along Donets fronts.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Berlin
Lake Ilmen
Ukraiian
Soviet Information Bureau
Lozovaya
Dnieper
Kalinin
Sukhinichi
Kirov
Gestapo
Tass
Lisbon
Portugal
Germany
Spain
Madrid
London Daily Mail
Hitler
France
Belgium
Holland
West
Kursk
Breith
What Difference Does It Make Where They Go
London Jan 21 Rome dispatches indicate sharp restrictions will be imposed on passenger train service in Maly tomorrow. Such restrictions frequently signal large scale troops movements.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Zurich
Switzerland
Rome
Maly
Small Fractional Declines On Wall Street Today
New York reports a cautious stock market with resistance to pessimistic warnings. Slipping trends dominated early trading, some recoveries appeared at the close, but small fractional declines were the prevailing result as final Friday quotations were shown for numerous issues.
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New York
One Man Killed in Bus Collision Near Dublin Va
One man died and another was seriously injured when a bus carrying Marion workers to the Radford Ordnance plant collided with a car on the Lee highway, about a mile east of Dublin. The crash occurred early today in Pulaski Virginia.
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Pulaski
Marion
Radford Ordnance Plant
Lee Highway
Dublin
British Forces Land On Ambon Amid Fierce Pacific Battle
An early morning freezing rain iced county highways as British forces retreated toward Singapore Island and Japanese troops pressed a hot land offensive on Amboina. The weather halted travel, with icy roads, police patrols, and cautious pedestrians as crews reported spotty ice and rising temperatures.
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Singapore Island
Amboina
State Roads Commission
Robert E. L. Pullan
Rainstorm Saves Convoy in Far East Ocean Route
A report to the Army said a heavy rainstorm saved a large Allied convoy bound for Singapore carrying planes troops and materials. Sixty Japanese planes circled the convoy before the storm broke and blotted out the ships, allowing the ships to arrive safely.
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London
Singapore
San Francisco
CBS
Typhus Cases Reported in Turkey
Istanbul dispatch says the Turkish Minister of Hygiene announced several typhus cases and that adequate precautionary measures have been taken.
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Turkey
London
Exchange Telegraph
Istanbul
No More Recapping Machinery Likely
Washington on January 31 the War Production Board announced a ban on filling further orders for retreading and recapping machinery unless accompanied by preference rating certificates. This action tightens controls on limited war goods and directs supply through priority channels.
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Washington
War Production Board
No Change Around Bengasi British Say
The British Middle East command reported no overall change around Bengasi. Two columns of the seventh Indian brigade, previously driven back by Rommel, rejoined the main British forces near the Libyan port. In Msus area the mobile columns engaged the enemy as patrols withdrew.
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Middle East
Bengasi
Erwin Rommel
Msus
Infiltration By Japs Halted On Batan Peninsula
General MacArthur reported American and Filipino defenders on the Batan Peninsula in the Philippines repelled Japanese infiltration attempts during the last 24 hours. The War Department communique noted some Japanese prisoners taken and described fighting as sporadic with little air activity as fresh enemy troops arrived in preparation for a larger offensive.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Philippines
War Department
Staidara
S. Philippine
Traffic Light at Carroll and East Patrick Malfunctioning
City police confirmed the Carroll and East Patrick intersection traffic signal showed green for all directions at least once last week amid a recent serious collision and pedestrian hit. Officials said the issue likely lay in the mechanism and steps were taken to fix it. Some motorists complain signals are hard to read and may show unclear colors.
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Carroll
East Patrick Streets
Navy spending bill clears Appropriations panel in Senate
Washington January 31 The Senate Appropriations committee unanimously approved a record breaking Navy fund of 26 495 265 474 after restricting presidential power to transfer ships. Senator Overton said the plan limits leasing of ships to smaller convoy vessels or landing ships provided for as emergency construction.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Overton
D-La
Defense Bond Sales Break All Records
Defense bond sales for January reached a record one billion dollars, with Treasury officials predicting 1942 totals near seven billion. The seven weeks since Pearl Harbor account for nearly as much as the $1.8 billion sold since the campaign began on May 1. A U.S. company is producing 24 types of optical glass for lenses used in military, industrial, and scientific instruments.
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Washington
Defense
Treasury
Pearl Harbor
United States
British Fall Back On Moulmein Burma Front
Rangoon Burma January 31 British evacuation of Moulmein announced as troops withdraw across the Salween after destroying stores. Heavy Japanese casualties reported as defense forces held on until dawn. Salween river line described as possible first defense. warnings of proximity to Moulmein and mined approaches noted.
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Rangoon
Burma
Moulmein
Salween
Witch
Gulf of Martaban
Gulf
Archibald P. Wavell
United Nations
Fokyo
Domei
Ataran
Red Cross Re Elects Officers and Committee Chairs
Frederick County Chapter American Red Cross re elected all officers and executive committee members at the annual meeting. Judge Hammond Urner is chairman. B. B. Rosenstock, vice chairman and Disaster committee head. Mrs. Edgar H. McBride, Nursing chair. Edward D. Storm, executive secretary. A. LeRoy McCardell, treasurer. Several committee chairmen were also reappointed including Mrs Ransom R. Lewis Staff Assistance Corps and John A. Shires Canteen Service. Eleanor Brooke Conley Motor Corps.
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Frederick County
American Red Cross
M.ca
Hammond Urner
B. B. Rosenstock
Edgar H. McBride
Edward D. Storm
A. LeRoy McCardell
Andrew A. Annan
G. Maxwell Armor
Holmes D. Baker
Harry W. Barrick
G. Elmer Brengle
Albert W. Condon
Charles F. Deck
Martha E. Flynn
James H Gambrill
Florence E. Garner
R. Ames Hendrickson
Othe J. Keller
George B McCleery
Elmer E. Michael
Margaret R Motter
Alvin G. Quinn
M. Robert Ritchie, Jr
Red Cross
Jacob Rosenstock
Charles F Smith
Robert L. Smith
A. V. Tidmore
William S Wachtel
Ernest C Webb
Ransom R. Lewis
Staff Assistance Corps
John A. Shires
Eleanor Brooke Conley
Destroyer Barton Launched at Fore River Plant
In Quincy Massachusetts on January 31 the U S destroyer Barton was launched at Bethlehem Steel Fore River yard after about eight months of construction, roughly half the typical wartime period for a vessel of her class.
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Quincey Mass
United States
Barton
Bethlehem Steel Company
Fore River
Durocher Signs One Year Player Manager Contract
Leo Durocher signed his 1942 contract as player manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The one year deal matches his three previous contracts with the National League champions.
Causeway Destroyed as Malaya Forces Retreat to Singapore
Britain and Allied troops withdraw to Singapore island after destroying the Malaya mainland causeway to halt the Japanese advance. Singa pore defense tightened, with Percival declaring the battle of Malaya ended and Singa pore begun. Amboina landings signal new Indies clash as Japanese push into strategically located bases.
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Associated Press
Britain
Singapore
Japan
Malaya
A. E. Percival
Hongkong
Churchill
Singapore Island
Ambolna Island
Rationing Of Tires Ends For First Month
The first month of tire and tube rationing ends with Frederick county nearly exhausted for passenger cars while many truck tires remain unallotted. The Rationing Board approved over 170 new tire applications. many motorists still misunderstand disposal requirements for replaced tires. Price ceilings on retreading and recapping range from 6.05 to 11.85. Local dealers may liquidate stock to fulfill approved applications, and tires will only be taken from new cars in stockpile under strict limits. Approved applications span Frederick and surrounding towns including Emmitsburg, Smithsburg, Thurmont, Middletown, Walkersville, and New Windsor, among others.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Automobile Club of Maryland
Office of Price Administration
Chinese Offensive in South Kwangtung Seeks Waichow Port
A Chinese communique from Chungking reports a bitter battle with Japanese forces over Waichow on the East River east of Canton as part of a south Kwangtung offensive. Northward in Kiangsi fighting swells around Nachang with Chinese positions holding amid large Japanese assaults. In Hupeh, Chinese motorized columns damaged railway lines 25 miles north of Hankow and intercepted a Japanese supply column.
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Chungking
Kwangtung
Waichow
Canton
Kiangsi
Nachang
Hupeh
Hankow
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Iey
LeGore
Weather Bureau
Fishing Creek
Navy
Salween River
Malayan
Indies
Celebes Island
New Guinea
Darwin
Australia
Mindanao Island
Soerbala
Java
Tokyo
Balan Peninsula
Homma
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Johore Strait
Padang
C. Warfield
Union Bridge
J H. Harner
Taneytown
B. Frank Grushon
Emmitsburg
Charles A. Warner
Harry My Hays
Smithsburg
Amidee E. Eckard
Middletown
Corporation of Frederick
Wachier Bros
Thomas E Jackson
Buckeystown
Glade Valley Trucking Company
Grover K. Hanshew
Bernard
Gledhill
Louis V. Rice
Jefferson
Charles Altland
Brunswick
S. W. Barrick and Son, Inc
Woodsboro
Melvin A. Young
Guy E. Carlisle
New Windsor
Gilmore Lescalieet
Richard F. Kline
Luther F. Murray
Jefferson Street
Guy £. Buckey
Walkersville
Harry C Swain
West Fifth Street
Russell S Tregoning
R. F P. Kline
Jesse E Oden
Ijamsville
Boyd A. Page
Iamsville
South Kwangtung
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