Christmas Club Funds To Be Paid In Frederick Banks
Four Frederick city banks will payout over 200000 in Christmas savings around Thanksgiving, up about 15 percent from 1943. Payments begin Friday November 24 with two banks mailing checks on November 22 and two banks accepting Christmas Club cards as payment after the 24th. Local estimates show 1944 payments higher than 1943 across all banks, with totals near 1942 and about 53000 above last year. Nationwide, the Christmas Club expects about 500 million dollars to 7 million members through 4800 institutions, averaging roughly 70 dollars per member. Local estimates include Tashania National Bank about 75000, Frederick County National Bank about 52000, Fredericktown Savings Institution about 45000, and Western Maryland Trust Company about 53000, up from 43000, 38000, and 30000 respectively in 1943.
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Frederick City
New York
Christmas Club
Tashanias National Bank
Frederick County National Bank
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Western Maryland Trust Company
Sugar Shortage Shrinks Supplies Across Eastern Refineries
A local wholesaler reports a sharp granulated sugar shortage over 30 days. Reports from New York indicate shipping tonnage is drastically curtailed, pushing cane sugar refiners north of Hatteras North Carolina toward slowdowns and possible temporary shutdowns in three weeks. Consumers will see rationed sugar drop further with limited raw sugar on hand, while offshore refinery and beet-sourced supplies remain unavailable. East coast refiners lately received about 20 percent of normal supplies in the week ending October 28.
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New York
Hatteras
N. C
Baltimore
Japs Proclaim Fall Of Kweilin and Liuchow
The Japanese high command proclaimed the capture of Kweilin and Liuchow in Kwangsi province, former American air bases in south China, as Tokyo said it smashed US air bases and achieved a superior strategic position on the China mainland.
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Associated Press
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Liuchow
China
Domei
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
U. S
Superforts Bomb Islands Of Japa Says Tokyo Radio
Japanese broadcasts claim air fleets struck Kyushu and Saishu while War Department says China based planes bombed Nanking docks and warehouses. Daylight raid marked second major operation by 20th Air Force in a week, with earlier strikes on Singapore and Sumatran targets.
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Washington
Nanking
China
Kyushu
Saishu
War Department
Domei Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Korea
20Th Air Force
Singapore
Maylay Peninsula
Pangkalan- Brandon
Sumatra
Repehu
Qmara
Widespread Attacks Made By Superforts
Eighty American B 29s bombed Kyushu and Saishu islands with slight damage reported. Tokyo radio said planes flew reconnaissance over Honshu and Kobe and Kure. Domei later claimed Shanghai was struck at 850 am, with raiders repulsed and negligible losses.
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Associated Press
Kyushu
Saishu
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Domei News
Federal Communications Commission
Nanking
War Department
Washington
Honshu
Kobe
Kure
Shanghai
Dome
Domei
Pravda on U S election results boosts wartime unity
Pravda, the Communist party newspaper in Moscow, hailed Roosevelt's victory as strengthening the United States' role in the wartime alliance. It argued the election struck a blow to enemies of freedom and praised U S policies for elevating America’s international standing.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Roosevelt
Union of the United Nations
United States
City And County Roll Of Honor
The News-Post runs a Roll of Honor listing Frederick County service members who died in action this march. It notes omissions and asks corrections from readers and cites deaths credited to nearby communities like Gaithersburg Germantown Hendersons Corner Smithsburg Union Bridge Taneytown and Sykesville. It states the list is not official.
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News-Post
Frederick County
Gaithersburg
Germantown
Henderson’s Corner
Smithsburg
Demand for hot shells to fuel overseas war effort
War Mobilization Director Byrnes announced that urgent artillery ammo is being loaded as soon as TNT hardens into freight cars for export, with direct factory to port expedite moves and hourly car-tracking. He warned shortages reflect wartime output gains and cited needs for heavy artillery, mortars, tanks, trucks, cotton duck and radar gear. Antwerp readiness for unloading ships was also noted as part of the drive toward Berlin.
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Columbia
S. C
Byrnes
Eisenhower
Pacific
MacArthur
Army Transportation Corps
Washington
Antwerp
U S Stands Firm On Polish Policy
Washington reports the United States remains firm on urging Poland and Russia to settle their differences without guaranteeing any settlement. Officials study the Polish government in exile request for information via its London ambassador as Senate expenditures show Millard Tydings spent 86279.81 on his re election bid while Blanchard Randall Jr. reported 1940.94 in campaign costs.
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Washington
Navy
UPI
United States
Poland
Russia
London
John Ciechanowski
Millard
Tydings
Senate
Blanchard Randall, Jr
Mrs Annie Klipp Sues Knapp for Divorce in Dade Court
Mrs Annie B Klipp filed for divorce from William R Knapp in Dade County Circuit Court alleging a violent reaction after she voted for President Roosevelt. The suit cites that the vote caused her husband’s rage as grounds for separation.
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Miami
Fia
Annie B. Klipp
William Robert Knapp
Dade County
Roosevelt
Jug Bridge to Open for Traffic on Monday
The new Jug Bridge over the Monocacy River on Route 40 east of Frederick will open for traffic Monday about two years after the old span collapsed. The M. J. Grove Lime Company led the project with final preparations under way, removing the temporary bridge and obliterating the old structure except for abutments and the jug motif, with a whiskey jug buried in the new bridge as a tradition.
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Monocacy River
Route 40
Frederick
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Dallas and
Ayeptuacnes
Tne
The
Grove Lime Company
State Roads Commission
Grove Company
Roads Commission
Id. A. Long
Rovenstock Farm
Peart
Monassey
France Invited to Join Europe's Advisory Commission
The United States Britain and Russia invite the French Provisional Government to full membership on the European Advisory Commission. The move, announced in Paris London and Moscow, aims to study European questions and issue joint recommendations. France’s role in postwar peace and the German problem is highlighted as pivotal. Representatives of the three powers inform Paris of the invitation.
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Paris
Churchill
Britain
Charles DeGaulle
France
Anthony Eden
Lane
London
Roosevelt
Statin
Gerany
Eden
Churchills
Mary
Alexander Cadogan
U. S. Air Trans- Mull
Qut Wee
Ue 1 Aeray
de Gaulle
Europe
Pacifics
Germany
United States
Russia
China
Wie Hoven
Filay
DeGaulle Pavernment
Brice
Wennety Mid Bey
Moscow
Stettittus
European Advisory Commission
Armistice Day Observed With Memorial Service In Frederick
Armistice Day in Frederick began with the Baker Memorial Carillon ringing at 11 oclock as the public memorial service planned in Memorial Ground proceeded. Banks and city offices closed, stores open, and crowds on the streets under flags acknowledging World War II casualties. A solemn ceremony sponsored by Francis Scott Key post American Legion included wreath placing at the World War I monument. A separate memorial service for local servicemen who died in World War II is set for Sunday at 3 in Frederick High School auditorium led by Capt Boyd W Tucker. Armistice Day services were also scheduled in other county towns, with Brunswick holding observances last Sunday.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Frederick High School
Boyd W. Tucker
Camp Detrick
Joseph D. Sears
Camp Derrick
Brunswick
British Sink 45 Jap Ships in Recent Weeks
British submarines sank 45 Japanese vessels in Far Eastern waters in recent weeks, according to an Admiralty communiqué. The tally includes one large and one medium supply ship, a submarine chaser and three landing craft, with another medium supply ship and a minesweeper probably sunk and 14 supply vessels damaged. The large supply ship was torpedoed and intercepted near Padang off Sumatra’s west coast.
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Landen
Turk Ambassador To U S Dies In Capital
Mehmet Munir Ertegün, 61, Turkish ambassador to the United States and dean of the Washington diplomatic corps, died early today in Washington after a heart attack suffered two weeks ago. He had been under medical care at the embassy.
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U. S
Washington
LideAmbassador Mehmet Munir Ertegun
Turkey
Washington, Diplomatic Corps
Bombing Raid Extends Across Germany In Storms
London reports Allied air offensive continues with large bomber formations striking the Reich from west and south after renewed attacks on Hannover during the night amid severe snowstorms and difficult conditions.
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London
Germany
Cneck
The
Reich
Hannover
Former Mayor Jackson Enters Hospital for Rest Before Esophageal Surgery
Baltimore observer reports former Baltimore mayor Howard W. Jackson entered Johns Hopkins Hospital to rest ahead of a Thursday operation to remove a sac diverticulum from his esophagus. He began this preparatory period today.
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Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jackson
Outflanking Movement Shapes Budapest Siege Fronts
Moscow reports an outflanking push by Red Army Second Ukrainian Army under Malinovsky expanding from the Tisza bridgehead. Yugoslav Partisans alongside Tito forces move west of the Danube toward Pecs, threatening German and Hungarian defenses along a 200 mile front. Mezőkövesd breach north of Budapest signals widening pressures on the capital.
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Moscow
Budapest
Rodion Y. Malunysky
Second Ukraine
Tisza
Miskolcz
President Roosevelt Pays Homage at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
At Arlington National Cemetery on Armistice Day President Roosevelt stood with War Secretary Hull and Navy Secretary Forster to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Maj Gen Edwin M. Watson, Rear Adm Wilson Brown, and a joint guard helped observe the minute of silence as bands played and taps sounded.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arlington National Cemetery
Tiumson
Navy
Fortesta
Edwin M. Watson
Adm
Wilson Brown
Wnrform
Army
Marines
D-Day Landing Saved London From Ruin
War Mobilization Director Byrnes said Allied forces had not landed on the continent in June. He stated an inspection near Cherbourg showed only a invasion could curb the flying bomb menace threatening London. He did not reference the new vengeance bombs used by Germany.
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Columbia
D. C
TL Mit
London
Byrnes
Cherbourg
Rails Don’t Cut The Line Here In Patton Drive
American forces under Patton’s Third Army pressed from Metz toward the Saar, extending wedges southeast of Metz and nearing the Saar border. Tanks and infantry crossed the Moselle region near Luxembourg while advancing from Delme toward Mazieres and Luppy amid rain, mines, and German counterattacks. Sixteen divisions reportedly fought in the Metz area as Allied forces pushed to cut the railway line near the Saar frontier despite heavy fire.
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C. 5. Third Army
Nev. Ml
Chateau-Salina
George S. Patton
35Th Division
Chateau-Saling Forest
35Th
London
U. S
Metz
Sarrebourg
Germany
Saar
George Patton
Berlin
Lucy
Mets
Delme Ridge
Sixth Armored Division
Luppy
Chasseau
Haboudange
Third Army
Mazieres
Moselle
Luxembourg
Néae Mazieres
Koenigsmacher
Ponta-Mousson
Falquemont
Patton
Transocean
Lorraine
Drifted Snow Impedes Allied Advance in Italy Front
Nov 11 report from Rome notes Eighth Army troops near Forli pushing north along a canal from the Bologna Rimini highway face stiff German tank and infantry defenses. Snow depths reach nine inches in places as Fifth and Eighth Army fronts encounter heavy drifts interrupting progress.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Forli
Bologna-Rimini
Public Sale Sells Emma R Stewart Estate in Center Ville
The real estate of the late Emma R Stewart, a one acre lot with a two story dwelling in Center Ville, was sold to Elisabetta Snowden for $200. Sherman P Bowers conducted the sale with Emmert BR Bowlua axe pioneer present.
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Center+ville
Emma R. Stewart
Elisabetta Snowden
Sherman P. Bowers
Tus Lee
Emmert BR. Bowlua
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