Maryland Speeds Milk Price Hearings For Higher Rates
Maryland dealers and producers urged a two cent lift in retail milk prices at a Baltimore public hearing led by State OPA administrator Leo H. McCormick. The move aims to offset higher feed costs and labor shortages, with producers set to gain 21 to 27 cents a gallon if approved. Representatives from Frederick and diverse milksheds across the state attended, seeking relief after four years without a ceiling increase.
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Maryland
State Office of Price Administration
Baltimore
Leo H. McCormick
OPA
New York
Frederick
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
R. W. Shermantine
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers Association, Inc
Baltimore City
Washington
Garrett County
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Annapolis
Salisbury
Elkton
Harford County
Queen Elizabeth Liner Believed Torpedoed by Germans
German broadcasts claim the 85,000 ton British passenger liner Queen Elizabeth was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. The report cites the German high command and offers no Allied confirmation or claim of sinking.
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Berlin
High Command
North Atlantic
Earth Shocks Logged by Fordham Seismograph
Two sharp earth shocks were recorded by Fordham University Seismograph today. Officials estimated the temblor occurred about 1,800 miles from New York in an undetermined direction.
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New York
Fordham University
48 Hour Work Week Proposed by Senate Panel
The Senate Defense Investigating Committee urged a 48 hour work week wherever practicable with overtime paid in government bonds. It faulted the War Manpower Commission for lacking a national program and recommended directing hiring policies to ease civilian labor shortages without coercive measures.
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Washington
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Kilgore DW
Val
McNutt Commission
War Manpower Commission
Annand
Undercover North Africa Mission Aided Allied Move
Maj. Gen. Mark W. Clark led a secret mission with American officers to contact pro Allied French leaders in North Africa weeks before the invasion. Eisenhower described the operation as a modern "Message to Garcia" that helped accelerate the 77 hour occupation plan.
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Washington
Marek W. Clark
French North Africa
Henri Girard
Tn Am
Roosevelt
Clark
London
North Africa
Garcia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Eisenhower
Lyman L. Levanitzer
Honesdale
Archelaus L. Hamblen
Maine
Julius C. Homes
American Diplomatic Service
Jerauld Wright
U. S. Navy
Washington, D. C
C. J. Courtneey
R. T. Livingstone
J. D. Foot
America
Gen. Eisenhower
17 Jap Bombers And Fighters Downed In Guadalcanal Attack
Washington reports 17 Japanese bombers and fighters destroyed in Guadalcanal action. Seven U S fighters were lost. Navy says 568 Solomons planes have been shot down or destroyed. Intercepting Wildcats claimed six bombers and five fighters in the first attack.
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Guadalcanal
Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
United States
Solomons
Roosevelt Proclaims Thanksgiving and New Year’s Days of Prayer
President Roosevelt designates both Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day as national days of prayer. He cites Psalm verses and future resolve amid national emergency, urging unity in armed services and civilian effort while honoring America’s harvest and allied struggle.
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Roosevelt
Washington
George Washington
United States
Turkey Calls All Troops To Colors
London dispatch notes Paris radio report that all Turkish soldiers sailors and airmen were ordered to join their units immediately.
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Turkey
London
Paris
Schnauffer May Resign On Friday
Judy re elect Patrick M. Schnauf fer of the Sixth Judicial Circuit plans to resign as State Attorney. The three circuit judges must approve and appoint a successor for the remainder of the term expiring January 1. Schnauffer was noted as absent during the campaign.
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Judy
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Circuit Court
Schnauffer
British Army Pursuing Rommel Into Libya Again
British Eighth Army pressed the pursuit of Rommel into Libya after recent gains. Allied air operations targeted Tobruk and airfields in Tunisia while US and RAF forces supported ground advances. Casualties and prisoner counts rose as Rommel's retreating forces clustered between Bar dia and Gambut with heavy air and ground pressure.
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Rommel
Libya
Cairo
Eighth Army
Edwin Rommel
Tobruk
RAF
Tunis
United States
Erwin Rommel
Masa
Bardia
Gambut
Egypt
Eighth
Bugbuq
United States Army
Britieh Rammuniana Etd
Tunsia
Desert Army
Sardinia
U. S
Algeria
Down With Laval Crowds Rally In Lyon
In Lyon crowds shouted down with Laval and long live Free France as German troops occupied the city. Tass reports strikes in several factories and a state of emergency was declared after police faced overwhelming resistance while attempting arrests.
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Moscow
Lyon
France
Laval
Tass
Tedtederrt
Spitena
Decline in U boat sinkings reported in October
New York reports enemy submarines sank 11 Allied and neutral merchantmen in October, the lowest monthly total in the Western Atlantic this year. The tally for June was 111, the peak, and today’s figures may be revised upward if additional October sinkings are confirmed.
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New York
Atlantic
Jap supply ships damaged by bombers at Akyab
British Blenheim bombers damaged Japanese supply ships and set fires at Akyab Bay in Burma. The attacks encountered strong enemy resistance with several fighters shot down and many damaged. five British ships were involved in the action.
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New Delhi
Africa Amazing Says Gen Smuts Transformation Ends Africa
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, South Africa’s prime minister, praised the Allied North Africa campaign saying the rapid changes were one of the most amazing transformations in a short time. He stated that a resolute offensive policy could turn the African victory into a prelude to the end of the war.
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London
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
Phncers
North Africa
Local meat firm curtails sales to meet wartime needs
Frederick County Products Inc halts sales to Winchester Virginia Chambersburg and Hanover Pennsylvania to focus on local supply. President D T Dutrow says government limits permit only 70 percent of beef and 75 percent of pork sold last year while wartime projects receive priority. Citizens urged to limit beef veal lamb and pork to two and one half pounds weekly per person with age based cuts. Readily available items without restriction include liver sweetbreads kidneys brains poultry and fish.
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Frederick County Products, Inc
Focal Meat Packing Industry
D. T. Dutrow
S Company
Winchester
Chambersburg
Hanover
Dutrow
The
War Production Board
Petroleum Use Cut Proposed for East Coast States
Washington reports Petroleum Coordinator Harold N. Tekes recommended a nearly 12 percent cut in petroleum use for the 17 rationed East Coast states. He sent the suggestion to War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson who can direct the Office of Price Administration to implement the reduction. Ickes said he believes the measure has been accepted.
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Washington
Harold N. Tekes
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Office of Price Administration
Ickes
County Man Faces Hearing Over Ration Fraud
Maryland OPA officials prepared to forward to Washington details of charges against Eugene F. Henderson of Burkittsville Frederick county. He is accused of using stolen ration coupons to obtain gasoline and of involvement with a theft ring. The case was before a Frederick magistrate in September as John P. Ryan OPA administrator heard it.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Eugene F. Henderson
Burkittsville
Frederick County
Reuben Shilling
OPA
Henderson
Shilling
Frederick
John P. Ryan
New York
Nine Italian Generals Captured in Egypt
Cairo reports nine Italian generals captured in the battle of Egypt as of November 12, according to an official announcement.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nazis and Italians Rush To Occupy Southern France and Corsica
News of the western Mediterranean fronts reports French naval chiefs pledging Toulon to resist aggression while Germans and Italians push toward southern France and Corsica. RAF bombers strike near Tunis as US and British forces probe Tunisia from the west under Maj. Gen. Charles Ryder and Gen. K. A. N. Anderson.
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Tunisia
France
Corsica
Europe
Mediterranean
Toulon
Hitler
RAF
Egypt
Tunis
United States
Charles Ryder
First Army
K. A. N. Anderson
Anderson
Ryder
Rome
Nice
Rhone
French
Fuehrers
Vichy
Wews
Mgt
Paris
Algeria
B . First
Dakar
West Africa
AWVS Leases House For Canteen And Training
The American Women’s Volunteer Services lease the Ebert property at 147 West Patrick Street for a year with renewal option to establish a service men’s canteen a nurses Aide course and thrift shop. Renovation by volunteers begins. canteen operates from 10 am to 10 pm serving free meals to service members. Downstairs contains recreation room library and kitchen. upstairs houses classrooms offices and a storeroom. The project includes a victory garden and a large garage, with AWVS moving from its current HQ after renovation.
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Wertime
Gid Ebert
West Patrick Street
Frederick
American Women's Volunteer Services
AWVS
M. J. Croghan
Samuel H. Rosenstock
Atl Te Shate
West
Patrick Street
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