Married Men Not To Be Called Prior To January
Local Draft Board One announced that married men and those with collateral dependents on its books will not be called before January 1. Chairman Parsons Newman said December calls will cover heavier volume but deferments for Class 3 may be removed as conditions change. Some marriages after Pearl Harbor lose deferment value. other Class 3 registrants will be reclassified as eligible for service once information is updated.
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Draft Board One
Parsons Newman
Board One
Newman
Pearl Harbor
Duce Troubled Sees Hitler in October Rome Meeting
A London dispatch citing Russian sources says Mussolini left Rome by air in late October for a meeting with Adolf Hitler. The report, attributed to a Geneva Tass dispatch via Reuters from Moscow, also mentions Nazi Field Marshal Albert Kesselring as participant.
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London
Mussolini
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Reuters
Moscow
Geneva
Tass
More Supplies For Rommel Sent Down
The Ad ea today that ax more a vessels had been sunk and two large Axis supply ships damaged by British submarines in the Mediterranean. Two Axis ships, both coastal ves sels lader with food, were boarded by crews from a British submarine and destroyed after their own crews had abandoned them.
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Adea
Mediterranean
Bahamas Storm Aims At Miami Florida
A hurricane force storm brewed in the Bahamas and moved toward Florida's east coast. Warnings stretched from Melbourne to Key West as Miami schools closed and residents boarded up. Navy and Coast Guard housing along the waterfront prepared for impact while officials lifted wartime censorship to inform the public.
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Miami
Fla
Bahama Islands
Florida
Melbourne
Key West
Long Island
Bahamas
New Providence Island
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Nassau
Government House
Stormerhutters
Sea Ward
Weather Bureau
Uders
Ace
Occe
Navy
Coast Guard
Hitler Rushes Men By Plane To Aid Rommel
Ankara based dispatch reports Germany using over 500 planes to move troops from Greece near Athens to a German African base to reinforce Rommel's retreating forces in Egypt. Earlier notes claimed four trainloads from the eastern front passed through Athens. A Turkish report says Berlin sought Japan's aid, asking for a naval strike against Madagascar or South Africa, but Tokyo declined due to limited naval strength.
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Ankara
Turkey
Greses
Rommel
Egypt
Athens
Greece
Romania
Yugoslavia
Africa
Crete
Japan
Berlin
Reichsfuehrer
Filler
Tokyo
Stalin cites lack of second front in German gains
Moscow reports Joseph Stalin declared that German breakthroughs in the west last summer were possible due to the absence of a second front. He stated the Soviet Union, now strong at home, had seized a German plan to attack Stalingrad and other targets, arguing that without a second front German momentum would falter.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Red Army
Stalin
Europe
Stalingrad
Saratov
Kuibyshev
Baku
Favored Highway Rule Decided In Circuit Court Verdict
Associate Judge Stedman Prescott directed a verdict for defendant in a Frederick city crash case. Moffett testified he stopped at a stop sign on North Court Street and entered a favored highway Second Street, yielding to traffic from both directions. Jones, driven by Cromwell, struck his car as it appeared suddenly from the west. The court held motorists entering a favored highway must yield to traffic in both directions even with obstructed vision. Damages to Moffett’s car were $144.48. another suit for $1,000 for injuries to his daughter Betty is pending. Attorneys were McMath, Coblentz for Moffett and Storm, Weinberg for Jones.
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Stedman Prescott
Circuit
Frederick City
Charles H. Moffett
Rockville
Wnorth Court Street
Second Street
Walter C. Jones
Leroy W Cromwell
Moffett
Prescott
Court of Appeals
Prescalt
Betty V
Jones
Charles McC.mathias
Leslie N. Coblentz
William M. Storm
Manuel M. Weinberg
Armistice Ends Battle On Madagascar
In southeast Madagascar Vichy forces and British troops agreed to an armistice and hostilities ceased at 2 p m Madagascar Time yesterday. The Madagascar campaign ends with the armistice effective nationwide. The Vichy radio reported French troops evacuated Ambalava after heavy fighting on the night of November 3.
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Madagascar
London
Ihe
Indian Ocean
Vichy
Ambalava
Mary Fanteennes Ea
el Daba
el Alamein
Fuka
War Communications Orders End Non-Telegraphic Messages
The Board of War Communications ordered telegraph firms to refuse felicitation and congratulatory messages and to discontinue all non-telegraphic services beginning December 15 to align the domestic telegraphic industry with the war effort. The action followed an FCC investigation.
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Washington
Board of War Communications Today
BWC
Federal Communications Commission
No Inspection Of Autos This Year
Baltimore reports that Maryland motorists will not need vehicle inspections to obtain 1943 44 license plates. Motor Vehicles Commissioner W Lee Elgin cites a severe shortage of capable mechanics as the reason. Last year about 12 000 garages applied to be inspection stations. this year only ten have applied.
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Baltimore
W. Lee Elgin
Maryland
Roosevelt May Make Armistice Day Speech
President Roosevelt said he hopes to deliver an Armistice Day address and may find time to write it. He indicated the speech would probably be about five minutes long.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Negligence Cited In Baltimore and Ohio Wreck
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the Baltimore and Ohio collision near Dickerson Maryland on September 10 was caused by inadequate flag protection and failure to follow signal indications. Twelve people were killed two remained missing and 76 injured. The eastbound streamliner collided with a stopped train and pushed a sleeping car into a freight train on an adjacent track.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Dickerson
Next Rose Bowl Game Booked For Pasadena
Pasadena officials announced the Rose Bowl football game will return to Pasadena on New Year’s Day. An unimpeachable source said the game, which shifted to the East Coast last year amid wartime conditions, will resume in California this season.
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Pasadena
Calif
East Coast
California
Victory Of Allies In Egypt Is Heartening
President Roosevelt assessed the North Africa campaign as a major victory in the Egyptian Libyan theater. He said Allied success heartens all, noted limited American equipment, and warned that training and scale must prove themselves in action. He also tempered the Guadalcanal action, calling it limited in scope though potentially significant in impact.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
United Sahwas
Erwin Rommel
United States
Eighth Army
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Japs Have Lost 100 Warships In Pacific Area
A survey shows about 100 Japanese warships have been sunk in the Pacific by United Nations forces since Pearl Harbor. The tally includes battleships aircraft carriers cruisers destroyers and submarines. US losses in the same period were 28 naval vessels of these types.
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New York
United Nations
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Tagen
United States Navy
Japan
Russians Improve Their Positions in Stalingrad Clash
Moscow reporters said Russian counter attacks around a Stalingrad factory area improved positions while the Red Army pressed on the Black Sea front. One note claimed 1,000 enemy casualties in the Central Caucasus battle.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Black Sea
Caucasusy
Daytime Air Raid Alert Procedures Issued By OCD
A test daytime alert sounded at 2 30 pm and authorities warned daytime alerts and blackouts could occur anytime. Citizens should shelter indoors, vehicles must stop, streets emptied, and emergency services alone may use phones. Public buildings and businesses must sound alarms and block doors, with careful curb parking and no blocking fire exits.
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Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
von Feda
Captured Nazi General Discusses Egypt Crisis
Cairo reports that General Ritter Von Thema, Rommel's deputy, was captured by the British and dinner with Lieutenant General Montgomery, remarking that the situation is critical as German and Italian forces retreat across Egypt. They reportedly sketched headlines on the tablecloth during the discussion.
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Cairo
Ritter von Thema
Marchal Rommel
B. L. Montgomery
Egypt
Montgomery
Massing Of Fleet Has Nazis Worried
German propaganda for the third day cites a large Allied buildup at Gibraltar. Madrid dispatch reports extensive arms including tanks fighters and bombers stored at the rock fortress. Berlin says Gibraltar’s role as a transfer harbor has become a tense political issue amid El Alamein fighting.
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New York
Gibraltar
Spain
Berlin
Madrid
Transocean
Rock
el Alamein
Deep Tank Thrusts By British Indicate Fate Of Rommel Army
British Eighth Army divisions under Lieut. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery drove through Rommel’s forces, with tanks in a pursuing sweep toward El Daba and Matruh. Axis officials admit a huge retreat as British reports claim 13,000 prisoners and 339 tanks destroyed, indicating a decisive North Africa campaign turn.
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Rommel
Desert
Cairo
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Matruh
Jim Miles
EL Alamein
el Daba
el Daba Toray
North Africa
B. L. Montgomery
Egypt
Trento
British Press Association
London
Francisco Scotti
Mediterranean
Chamber of Commerce to Plan Christmas Decorations Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a Tuesday evening meeting at the Francis Scott Key hotel preceded by dinner at a o'clock. Plans for Christmas decorations and closing hours for local stores will be discussed along with other merchants' interests. R B Wolfe, president, announced nonmembers may attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key
R. B. Wolfe
Chamber
Idcal
U S Planes Intercept Japs Flight In China
United States fighters intercepted 26 Japanese aircraft striking toward an AIF airfield in China and shot down three fighters and a bomber. The airdrome remained undamaged. Captain John D. Lombard of Jenla Michigan and red-haired Liss Llewellyn Couch of Moines were named in the report.
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United States
AIF
John D. Lombard
Jenla
Mich
Liss Llewellyn Couch
Moines
EG Jcack
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