British Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory Reported Lost En Route
London November 17 Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory a key Allied air strategist in the Western Front and SE Asia plan is missing en route to his new Southeast Asia Command. Lady Leigh Mallory is believed traveling with him. search efforts yield no trace of the missing plane after it departed the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Europe
Japan
Southeast Asia
Lady Leigh- Mallory
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
Flying Knight
Lord Louis Mountbatten
SEAC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied
Sir Trafford
Wall Street
Allied Expeditionary Air Forces
Prospects Slim For Annual Turkey Dinner
Baltimore reports slim prospects for classic Thanksgiving fare as the Office of Price Administration finds only 15 of 284 stores selling turkeys, with shortages in several locations and some dealers noting Maryland grown gobblers may be scarce. State price ceilings are being enforced to curb black market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Price Administration
OPA
Leo HL McCormick
Maryland Cpa
Woman pipe smoking noted by Commerce Department
Washington November 17 The Commerce Department recognized today the existence of the lady pine smoker. A recent shipment of briarwood pipe blocks from Italy was timely as reports spread that women have turned to pipe smoking due to cigarette shortages. Pipe manufacturers plan to adapt briars for feminine use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Italy
Critical condition for J. L. Jamison after railroad accident
Lancaster man J. L. Jamison remained in critical condition at St Joseph's Hospital after a Thursday fall under a Pennsylvania Rail Road wagon. He suffered severe injuries including amputation, internal damage, and is a veteran railroad employee. He is stepfather to Mrs Philip E. Saylor of Middletown and Pfc Harry C. Hartsough, A S M C, who lives at 723 North Market Street, Lancaster. Hartsough arrived Friday from Portsmouth, Virginia, and went to Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Jamison
Lancaster
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Pennsylvania
Philip E. Saylor
Middletown
Pfc
Harry C. Hartsough
North Market Street
Hartsough
Portsmouth
Lanaster
More Legislation For U S Veterans
Baltimore November 17 plans to unify veteran matters into a comprehensive program were unveiled by Governor Herbert R. O’Conor. Proposed bills on employment preference exemptions rehabilitation and education will form a separate veterans code section to avoid scattered conflicting measures. A coordinating sub-committee from the State Advisors Committee for Discharged Veterans led by Walter Perkins will work with the Attorney General to streamline the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Herbert R. O'Conor
O'Conor
Walter Perkins
Democrats Could Win Without Solid South, 1940s View
Analysis shows Roosevelt would have carried four presidential terms without Southern electoral votes, while Wilson’s 1912 win also stood without the South. The piece notes the South’s votes help Congress, but presidential contests often ignore regional weights. It highlights cities and states outside the South delivering Roosevelt clear majorities in multiple elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Diysoerats Tavern
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Wilson
Congress
Democratic Party
Thomas E. Dewey
Associated Press
Ohio
Wisconsin
South
New York
Hoosevelt
Snn
Alf M. Landon
Hoover
Maryland Council Chief Notes Federal Aid Gap
Maryland Public Expo Council president Harry Middendorf says Maryland taxpayers pay about $1.71 for every dollar received from the federal government. He cites 1941 figures showing Maryland paid $13,172,000 in grants in aid while receiving $7,089,000 back, arguing federal gifts add extra costs and require local adjustments. Progressive Maryland farmers push using their own helpers to replace low producing cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
PicHarry & Middendorf
Maryland
Soldiers To Help Produce Munitions
Washington reports 1000 soldiers will shift to industrial work in foundries and forge shops for heavy artillery ammunition tanks and trucks. They must be experienced over 30 and volunteer, with recalls possible if work ends or conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
War Department
War Production Board official cites uncertainty in home front
William Elliott, WPB vice chairman for civilian supply, warned in Boston that Washington faces a difficult home-front problem. He attributed the trouble to an atmosphere of necessary uncertainty and noted that armament production schedules are being stepped up because the Pacific war has gone ahead of schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
War Production Board
Hagnt
Germany
WPB
Hitler
James F. Byrnes
Are
WMC
William Elliott
Boston
Pacific
Medical Corpsman From Here Saved 12 Marines
Sergeant Harold T. Bolan reports that Pharmacists Mate Third Class Frederick G. Tyeryar of Frederick, Maryland, crawled through heavy fire on Mount Topatchau to treat twelve wounded Leathernecks, later exposing himself to more fire and saving 44 men overall, earning praise for extraordinary bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold T. Bolan
Eastview Avenue
Dayton
Oio
Marine Corps
Dayton Daily News
South Pacific
Saipan
Frederick G. Tyeryar
Navy
Frederick, Md
Mount Topatchau
Tyervar
Tater Tyervar
Eeard W. Tyervar
Watertreet, Frederick
Wounded in France Sier Family Honors Losses
Mr and Mrs Walter F Sier of Njameville were honored by the War Department as their son Cpl Bernard Sier was slightly wounded in France on November 5. In a letter dated October 29 he wrote he was in good health. His brother Pte Ronald F Sier had died of wounds on June 18 in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Walter F. Sier
Njamevile
War Department
Cpl
Bernard Sier
Cpl. Sier
Pte
Ronald F. Sier
Promoted at Eighth Air Force base in England
Harry C. Zimmerman Jr. of Braddock Heights Maryland is promoted from staff sergeant to technical sergeant at an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress base in England. He serves in the Sith Bombardment Group and is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry C Zimmerman of Braddock Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Harry C. Zimmerman, Jr
Braddock Heights
Flying Fortress
Sith
Harry C. Zimmerman
Marines Brothers in Pacific Serve Overseas
Brothers in the United States Marine Corps, Walter Stull and Pfe. Stall, are stated to be serving in the Pacific. Stull has served since August 1, 1938, and Pfe. Stall since September 4, 1943. Stall’s wife Mary Alice Brown resides on East South street, and Stall’s wife and two sons are visiting family in Puerto Rico.
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Sai, Stull
Giall Dee Tie Avas
Walter
Stull
West South Street
United States Marine Corps
Pacific
Sgt
Pfe. Stull
Marines
Pic
Stall
Mary Alice Brown
East South Street
Spt
Puerto Rico
Brunswick B&O Drives War Fund Exceeds County Quota
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employees in Brunswick organized a War Fund Committee led by Jo H. Reed. The drive raised 4174.94 in cash and payroll pledges locally plus 273 from other counties, totaling 4437.94, with Brunswick exceeding its county quota by the largest margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
National War Fund
Frederick County
Lulpeany
A. F. of L
Jo H. Reed
B & O Brunswick War Fund
E. L. Shelton
M. E. Mullen
G. F. Bissell
C. W. Selby
J. J. Young
J.A. Robey
L. Nelsor
L. BE. Carr
H. A. Burns
G. E. Baker
L. Haller
J. Talbott
R. E. Wabler
O. E. Wenner
F. Caniford
and G. C. Stewart
Shelton
Frederick
Brunswick General Canvass Group
Equity Court News Highlights Several Divorces and Marriages
This court news item lists absolute divorce bills for Hazel Poole vs Poole and Isabel Tregoning vs Tregoning with temporary alimony and counsel noted. It also records multiple marriage licenses including Horiie and Weaver, Sowers and Dreibelbis, Deurange and Burkier, Amrhein and Heinze, Freeh and Horing, Shankle and Beesinger, plus a property deed transfer and a sawmill operators training notice by the U S Forest Service and University of Maryland with remarks on future forest work and population-based land needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Pauline Poole
Robert Francis Poole
Isabel Pauline Tregoning
Charles Howard Tregoning
William F. Horiie
Gardners
Ella M. Whisler Weaver
Carlisle
Harold L. Sowers
Edna M. Dreibelbis
Harrisburg
John Luther Deurange
Frederick
Nellie Elizabeth Burkier
Bernard J. Amrhein
Agnes M. Heinze
Baltimore
George E. Freeh
Fremont
Ruth N. Horing
Jefferson Street
David L. Shankle
Irene Beesinger
Fifth Street
William C. Beatty
Orion J. Wirts
John S. Bowlus
Edgar Flock
U. S. Forest Service
Maryland Extension Forester
University of Maryland
College Park
U.S
James Simpsuous
Bel Air
Regains Voice After 3 Years in Harrisonburg
Elsie Lamb, 34, wife of Private Harold Lamb stationed in Kansas, regained her voice after three years of aphonia following illness or trauma. Doctors described the condition as a functional or temporary paralysis of the vocal mechanism, with recovery linked to subconscious restraint or post infection paralysis. She plans to join her husband in Kansas and reports being the happiest woman in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Elsie Lamb
Harold Lamb
Kansas
Japs Leave POWs To Die After Singapore Sinking
War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that Japanese forces saved their own nationals from a sinking transport off Singapore in September but left about 1,300 British and Australian prisoners of war to die at sea. American submarine crews who torpedoed the transport risked their lives to rescue prisoners, with around 150 survivors arriving in England. Survivors say the Siam Burma railroad camp implicated disease and dire living conditions, with high mortality.
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London
Singapore
James Grigg
House of Commons
England
Sir James
Siam
Burma
Gen Petrott Subject To Call To Service
The Secretary of War notified Brig. Gen. Francis Petrott Adjutant General of Maryland of federal recognition. Under the Secretary's order Petrott is subject to active duty with the armed forces, succeeding Major Gen. Milton W. Rackord who is now Provost Marshal in the European Theater with headquarters in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of War
Francis Petrott
Maryland
War Department
Petrott
Milton WW. Rackord
Mareshal
Paris
Petrolt
Frederick
Convoy Attacked Near Goteborg Archipelago
Allied planes attacked a Norway-bound German convoy outside Swedish waters near the Goteborg Archipelago. Eyewitnesses reported a ship exploding with flames, one plane crashing into the sea, and heavy anti-aircraft fire, suggesting ammunition aboard the vessel.
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Stockholm
Widening Of Wisner Street Asked By C C
The Chamber of Commerce directs action to widen South Wisner street and urges the city to study budget needs. Aldermen deferred major decision pending the survey costs. The board plans a storage-space survey and prepares war loan banners for Route 15 and Route 40 at the Square Corner.
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Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Wisner Street
Board of Aldermen
Frm
Frederick
City Hall
Route 15
Route 40
Yorner
Monocacy
Roger B. Wolfe
William B. Bennett
Holmes D. Baker
Elmer I. Esleman
Paul S. Michael
Hugh V. Gittinger
William B. Leichert
Lloyd C. Culler
Robert L. Smith
War Interpreted By KIRKE L SIMPSON AP War Analyst
The analysis outlines German resistance and limited gains in the Aachen Roermond area as Allied forces push toward Cologne. It details American two army front geometry, Roer river obstacles, and the strategic aim of securing road networks for crossings while British actions influence the Meuse and Roer flanks. Also notes the Saar Metz defense hold and a separate obituary of radio figure Boake Carter, who died of cerebellar apoplexy at 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Bie Aachen
Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Aachen
Roermond
Meuse
Eisenhower
Geilenkirchen
Duren
Roer
Delapate
Rott
Colonge
First Army
Alogausin
Saar
Metz
Argentina Conference Opposed By Washington
Washington informs Latin American ambassadors it opposes Argentina's bid to convene a Foreign Ministers meeting to discuss its diplomatic isolation. A note circulated in Washington aligns with Mexico's stance that Argentina's proposal should be rejected and that ministers focus on the "ticklish Argentine problem." Diplomats doubt a ministers' meeting will occur this year and expect no conference before 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Argentina
Mexico
Turkey Case and Other Local Trials Reported Here
Charles Storm a district tenant farmer was found technically guilty of larceny of three turkeys in a magistrate hearing. Posey Poff was awarded custody of the birds. Storm fined $5. Also Richard E. Wiles was found guilty of driving up to 92 mph. The report includes statements on turkey fertility and a note of appeals. Dorsey trial details follow with Tommy Dorsey and others slated for trial next Tuesday. A separate item notes deer hides urged for war effort with guidance from government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Storm
Storm
William M. Storm
Pendur
S2et
Dan Swomley
Worman's Mill
Wiles
Marcus W. Simmons
North Market Street
Sergi Swomiey
Dorsey
Los Angeles
Fred N. Howser
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
Man About Hollywood
Jan Hall
Howser
Philippines Battle Cost Japs 60 Ships
The Navy reported the Philippines battle cost the Japanese more than 60 warships and noted some damaged American craft have returned to duty. Six American ships were lost including the light carrier Princeton. Japanese losses included one battleship, four carriers, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and several destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippines
Department
Princeton
Saint Lo
Gambier Bay
Johnston
Hoel
Samuel E Roberts
United States
Leyte
Samar
MacArthur
War Labor Board Allows Higher Pay Raises
The War Labor Board approved increases without formal review to raise wages up to 50 cents an hour. The board said the policy already allowed automatic raises to correct subsistence standards and the change cuts delays by removing filing hassles. Previously adjustments up to 40 cents an hour did not require approval.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
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Mallory
Asia
Air Chief Marshal
Mallorr
U. S
Brothers In Pacific
Walter 5, Stull, Jr
Pic, Lincoln
Court News Equity
Virginia
Gen. Petrott
C. C
Boake Carter
Frank Webb
Carter
Turkey
Interior Department
Cal
Bernie's Arena
ASCAP
Allen
North Market ST
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