Four Jap ships sunk as Allied bombers scatter convoy
Allied bombers attacked a 14-ship Japanese convoy off New Guinea near Finschhafen and Lae, sinking and damaging multiple vessels amid heavy anti-aircraft fire. Thirteen Japanese fighters were shot down, as remnants scattered northeast of Finschhafen. Darwin faced a heavy raid with six Allied fighters downing invaders, while an ammunition ship was sunk in Wide Bay harbor. The battle continued with light Allied losses.
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Australia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Finschhafen
Lae
Huon Gulf
Bismarck Sea
Escor
Convox
Cape Gloucester
F Arma
Darwin
Wide Bay
New Britain
Rusia
Arctic Circle
European
Russia
U. S
Associate Judge W Laird Henry Jr Appointed to East District
Associate Judge W Laird Henry Jr of Dorchester County was appointed to the East district bench to succeed Judge T Langston Insley. The article notes a family tradition of public service with his father a former circuit judge, grandfather in Maryland legislature and U.S. House terms, and Henry as Dorchester’s first WWI enlistee and first to go overseas.
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W. Laird Henry, Jr
Car
Wet
T. Langston Insley
Maryland Court of Anpies Anaia
Maryland
U.S. House of Representatives
Henry
Dorchester County
Ber
Labor Bill Is Sent To House
Washington reports the Rules Committee sent a labor anti racketeering bill to the House likely for a floor vote next week. Rep Hobbs says the measure targets anyone who unlawfully interferes with interstate commerce, not just union members, while AFL CIO oppose. Convictions could bring up to a $10,000 fine and 20 years imprisonment.
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Washington
House
Ramspeck
Dga
House Labor Committee
Congress
Holes
Rep ‘Hobbs
D-Ala
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Charman Sabath
Labor
Hobbs
AFL
CIO
Philip Murray
1350 Alleged Pleasure Drivers Reported in Maryland
About 1350 motorists were reported to the Office of Price Administration as possible violators of the pleasure driving ban over the past two days. Cornelius Mundy said Baltimore City contributed 250 violators and noted cars near amusement districts and in cutlery districts. He stated the drive would continue amid high counts for the period. The piece also mentions Russia's population growth, with a 14 year trend and a total around 170 million.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Office of Price Administration
Cornelus P Mundy
Mundy
Baltimore City
Frederick to start blackout test with city changes approved
Mayor approves changes to Frederick City blackout ordinance ahead of tomorrow night test under Army rules. OCD Director Glyen Bennett explains blue signal for sheltering and dim headlights, white signal to resume normal operations, with traffic lights off during blackout and red signals unused for war industries.
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Lloyd C Culler
Frederick City
OCD
War Industries
Traf&oleas
War Hero Major Francis A Smith Commands Bombers
Major Francis A Smith of North East Maryland led a squadron of heavy U S Army bombers in the Christmas Eve Wake Island raid on Japanese positions. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Admiral Chester W Nimitz at Pearl Harbor. Major Smith is a University of Maryland graduate who earned his commission in March 1941.
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Francis A. Smith
North East
Wake Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
South
University of Maryland
Restore Old Salary For Frederick County Judges
A bill to restore Orphans' Court judge salaries in Frederick County to pre depression levels moves in the General Assembly. Proposed rise from 52 to 75 dollars monthly reportedly has county commissioner support and backing from the Frederick delegation. Also nine local measures signed by Governor O Conor adjust old laws including fire insurance name change, school taxes, and outdoor pensions. Adoption of Robert Eugene Stedling by Milton L Ard and Evelyn H Branch approved in Walkersville.
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General Assembly
Orphans’ Court
Frederick County
Orphan's Court
Louis C. Etchison
John B. Funk
Herbert R. O'Conor
Grangers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Grangers Mutual Insurance Company
Middletown
Court House
Monocacy River
Adoption Approved Co
Edward S Delayplaine
Robert Eugene ‘Stedling
Milton L. Ard
Evelyn H. Branch
Walkersville
Checks to pay 600 Frederick Tailoring workers $21,000
About 600 current or former Frederick Tailoring Company employees in Frederick Maryland will receive roughly $21,000 in back wages. The money arises from a difference between amounts already paid and what is due under the Fair Labor Standards Act. A Federal Court order signed by Judge W Calvin Chesnut designates Simon E Sobeloff as trustee to issue the checks, with John F. Landis, chief probation officer, handling distribution. The company had been fined $5 in 1942, with two executives also fined and placed on probation to make restitution. The Labor Department wage and hour division participated through Regional Attorney Bertley R. Worrell and Joseph R. Twinn.
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Baltimore
Frederick Tailoring Company
Frederick
United States
W Calvin Chesnut
Chesnut
Simon E Sobeloff
John F. Landis
Federal
Department of Labor
Bertley R. Worrell
Joseph R. Twnin
Berlin RAF raid kills nearly two hundred and injures hundreds
Berlin reports say about 191 killed and 268 injured in the heaviest RAF night raid on the Nazi capital. The attack lasted 31 minutes, dropping tens of thousands of incendiaries and multiple ton bombs, causing widespread fires and cathedral damage. The raid marked a major step in the allied air offensive ahead of any invasion.
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London
Bath
Berlin
New York
CBS
Unter den Linden
Die Tat
Zurich
Switzerland
Hedwigstom
Europe
RAF
Patenta WN
Belgium
Air Ministry
Harold Balfour
Air
Balfour
Britain
Wilhelmshaven
Nuernberg
Cologne
Germany
St. Nazaire
Naples
Paermo
Maryland’s Hartle Aims for General Rank in U S Army
Major General Russell P. Hartle of Washington county Maryland climbs toward general rank in the United States Army. A St John’s College Annapolis graduate, he led U S forces in North Ireland after landing with the first convoy. Hartle earned the nickname Scrappy in Hagerstown and built a wartime and postwar record across the Philippines and many Army posts.
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Russell P. Hartle
Washington County
Maryland
Dulles
General Hartle
St John's College, Annapolis
U.S
North Ireland
Scrappy
Hagerstown
Philippines
Berlin Raid Report Infiltrates City Defenses
The Air Ministry said a bomber raid over Berlin achieved a good result in clear weather with a pilot spending 15 minutes inside the defenses. Diversionary sweeps targeted occupied continental targets and sowed mines in enemy waters.
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Europe
Berlin
Air Ministry
Court News Property Deeded In Local Transfers
R Paul Smith transfers a property to Henrietta M Smith in the county for 10 dollars. Leslie N Coblentz attorney handles deed from Gladhill Furniture Company in the county for 1270 dollars. Daniel Metz transfers to Hilda E Bohn and husband in the county for 10 dollars. George Myers and wife transfer to Arthur Myers in the city for 10 dollars.
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R. Paul Smith
Henrietta M. Smith
Leslie N. Coblentz
Gladhill Furniture Company
Daniel ©. Metz
Hilda E .Bohn
George Myers
Arthur Myers
Five More Jap Ships Sunk By U.S. Subs
The Navy said American submarines in the Pacific and Western Pacific sank five Japanese non-combatant ships and damaged two others. The communique lists three cargo ships sunk, one tanker sunk, one schooner sunk, one transport damaged, and one tanker damaged, bringing total to 191 ships sunk or damaged by U.S. submarines.
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U.S
Washington
Navy
Pacific
Western Pacific
Far East
United States
CBI
Navy Department
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