Christmas Decorations Called Off in Frederick War Time
Frederick officials halted outdoor Christmas lighting and laurel decorations after a War Production Board order to conserve manpower and materials. The Chamber of Commerce stopped soliciting funds and will return donations. WPB noted indoor lighting is allowed and estimated outdoor lighting saves 30 million kilowatt hours, enough for a city of 30 000 for a year.
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Frederick
War Production Board
Frederick City
Lloyd C. Culler
Roger B. Wolfe
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Wolfe
Stephen 5. Langley
Herberts. Marks
WPB
Cmambers Ui Lumudere
Hoe
Chambers of Commerce
U. K
Robert L. Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Board of Aldermen
City Light
Harmon L. Staley
Focal Light
Reds Triumph Press Nazi Forces From Caucasus Victory
Moscow reports Soviet units pursued fleeing German troops after a major Caucasus victory. Frontline briefs claim up to four Nazi divisions routed near Ordzhonikidze with about 10 thousand enemy killed, while northern Volkhov front losses reach around five thousand.
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Moscow
Red Army
Caucasus
Grozny
Caspian Sea
Transcaucasus
Ordzhonikidze
Volkhov
Tuapse
Black Sea
Ordzhonikidize
Caucasus Mountains
Tiflis
Trans-caucasus
AP Man Hurt Off Africa Recovers
Allied fleet off Africa engaged Fedhala near Casablanca with Moroso aboard the light cruiser credited with sinking a destroyer and damaging a cruiser. He suffered a slight concussion when a shell struck his ship but recovered and reported the action.
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North Africa
John A. Moroso
Associated Press
Africa
Moroso
Fedhala
Moroccan
Casablanca
95 Md Stores Cited For OPA Violations
Baltimore area shops led Maryland warnings as part of 4 600 nationwide notices on price regulation compliance. The state Office of Price Administration said continued violations could trigger license suspensions with enforcement chief statements and local store breakdowns across Baltimore Cumberland Salisbury Hagerstown Cambridge and other communities.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leon Henderson
Reuben Ogpenwenner
Cumberland
Salisbury
Hagerstown
Cambridge
Indianhead
Leonardtown
la Plata
Draft Deferment For Essential Workers In Munitions Plants
President Roosevelt outlined a forthcoming manpower program to provide draft deferments for essential workers in munitions plants. He said little legislation may be needed and government agencies should avoid commissions for federal workers except in rare cases. He urged better factory consultation and possible certification by management to show a worker is irreplaceable.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy
Dadigais
Auto Owners Hunt Numbers
The number racket has hit the city and county as motorists seek tire serial numbers for rationing forms. Some tires show numbers inside the tread, requiring a garage visit to read. If no serial numbers are found, list the tire make. The license number refers to the large figures on the original plate, per the Rationing Board.
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Maryland
Rationing Board
Movement Of Turkeys Slow Across Chicago Markets
Unusually slow pre thanksgiving turkey movement keeps prices near record highs. Labor shortages and transport problems plus price ceiling uncertainty slow the market as buyers and sellers hesitate. Dressed birds top at 38 to 40 cents a pound for grade A while grades B and C show lower quotes. live birds run 28 to 31 cents a pound with geese around 18, ducks 20, and broiler chickens 28 cents.
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Chicago
Western Maryland College Schedules Saturday Classes After Vacation
Westminster officials announced Saturday afternoon classes will be held to recover time lost during the extended Christmas vacation. The college will close at noon on Wednesday December 16 instead of Friday December 18 as previously planned to ease holiday traffic.
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Westminster
Western Maryland College
Halsey Named Full Admiral in Roosevelt Nominations
Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. was nominated by President Roosevelt to become a full admiral after a dramatic Southwest Pacific victory over Japanese forces. Concurrently Brigadier General James Doolittle and Rear Admiral Henry Hewitt were promoted to major general and vice admiral respectively for North Africa campaign leadership.
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Washington
William ¥. Halsey
Southwest Pacific
Roosevelt
James H. Doolitte
North Africa
Doolittle
Tokyo
Air Corps
Henry K. Hewitt
Roosevelt Expands WAAC Strength to 150000
President Roosevelt issued an executive order authorizing raising the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps strength from 25000 to 150000, with approval that the full figure is a distant target. He noted training will take time and that about 36000 WAAC women are expected on duty by next July.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
WAAC
Knights Templar To Present Ambulance Donation
The Knights Templar of Maryland will present an ambulance to the American Red Cross. Right Eminent Grand Commander Harry O. Schroeder of Frederick will lead a ceremony at 11:30 Thanksgiving morning at the Masonic Temple in Baltimore. Members are asked to donate at least one dollar toward the purchase.
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Knights Templar of
Maryland
American Red Cross
Harry O. Schroeder
Frederick
Maronic Temple
Baltimore
Knight Templar
Templar
Rommel Seen With Retreating German Forces Report
A South African Air Force pilot, recently freed after detention by Germany, recalls spotting Marshal Rommel in an open car two weeks earlier as German transports moved westward on a North African highway. Reports had placed Rommel in Munich during the setback.
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Cairo
Marshal Rommel
Rommel
Munich
U S Payroll Doubled In Past Year Byrd Finds
Washington reports that the federal payroll nearly doubled in the last year as Chairman Byrd pledges deep cuts across agencies from the White House outward. He cites a September 1 executive payroll of 2,999,450 for 726 in DC and 180 elsewhere, with a total September government payroll at 410,862,000 excluding emergency agencies.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
White House
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Office of Emergency Management
Woodrow Wilson
FBI Seeks Walter Kappe In Sabotage Ring Probe
Federal Bureau of Investigation issues an alert with a photo of Walter Kappe in a German lieutenant’s uniform. The FBI says he was ordered by German high command in July to head a planned sabotage ring in the United States, though he had not yet arrived.
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FBI
Walter Kappe
Kappe
Marine General Lejeune Dies at 73 in Baltimore
Lieut General John A Cedeune former commandant of the U S Marine Corps died in Union Memorial Hospital at 9 45 this morning He was 73 and had served as superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington since 1929 His wife and three daughters were at his bedside
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Baltimore
John A .Cedeune
U. S. Marine Corps
Union Memorial Hospital
LeJeune
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
No Votes For Army Men In Frederick City Election
City officials said there is no provision in the Frederick charter for mail ballots in municipal elections and an act would be required to allow servicemen to vote. Officials doubt many service members would vote next June as most will be away fighting. Re registration and precinct realignment in 1941 are deferred to a later date to avoid costs, with estimates showing limited service voter impact.
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Frederick City
Dent
Smith
Maryland
Coting
Frederick
Cty
Roosevelt’s Son Joins North African Front Unit
Allied HQ north Africa reports Lieut. Col. Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, with a reconnaissance unit at the front in North Africa. He left the base for the field three hours after arriving from England, according to disclosures last night.
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Afrigan Front
Allied
North Africa
Elliott Roosevelt
Preidents Sun
Outfit
England
Allied forces tighten grip on Tunisian coast near Bizerte Tunis
Allied headquarters in North Africa says one third of a German armored column destroyed as British American and French units close in on Bizerte and Tunis from multiple fronts. German columns in Libya retreat from Bengali as Rommel abandons Tripoli region.
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Bizerte
Tunis
North Africa
Tunisia
Tyr Gees
London
Libya
Rommel
Tripoli
Banks Meet To Spur War Bond Sales In Maryland Region
Group 2 of the Maryland Bankers Association plans a Tuesday dinner at the Francis Scott Key hotel to discuss an intensive war bond selling drive. Speaker Rod ney W. Crowther will discuss how banks can assist financing the war, with Holmes D. Baker and John Redwood Jr. also addressing the meeting.
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Lee
Victory Fund Committee
Maryland Bankers Association
Francis Scott Key
Washington
Montgomery
Howard
Carroll
Frederick Counties
Rodney W. Crowther
Baltimore
Sun
Holmes D. Baker
Citizens National Bank
Region 2
John Redwood, Jr
Victory
Bishop Powell To Speak At Hood College Vesper
Rev. Noble C. Powell of Baltimore will speak at Hood College vesper service Sunday at four in Brodbeck hall. Organist Henry Wade will perform Widor and Guilmant preludes and postlude. Hood College Choir led by Paul Beckhelm will sing The Lord Is My Shepherd with Gertrude Flagg as soloist.
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Noble C. Powell
D. D
Baltimore
Episcopal Diocese
Paul B. Beckhelm
Lord
Shepherd
Parker
Gertrude Flagg
Martinsburg
Six Federal Workers Discharged By U. S.
Attorney General Biddle told Congress that since August 22 six federal employees were discharged and one was disciplined for membership in subversive organizations. This raises total dismissals and discipline to 38 since investigations began at the urging of the House committee on Un American Activations.
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Washington
Biddle
Congress
House Committee On Un-American Activition
Germans Rout Allied Drive Near Tunis Further From Bizerte
Allied mechanized forces pushed toward Bizerte from the Algerian border driving the German panzer column back two-thirds remained active then retreated. Nazi units were repulsed elsewhere as the Allied onslaught continued. German losses were heavy but reserves were arriving and more fighting was expected.
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Atlas Mountains
Bizerte
Biverte
Tunis
Tunisia
Brunswick Brakeman Struck by Eastbound Train
Martinsburg W Va Nov 20 B M McIntosh Brunswick Mad brakeman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was seriously injured Thursday west of Cumbo when struck by an eastbound freight train. Rushed to King’s Daughters Hospital he cannot account for the accident. Attendants reported concussion facial and chest injuries and possible broken left arm.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
B. McIntosh
Brunswick
Mad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumbo
King's Daughters Hospital
Roosevelt hints at forthcoming food coordinator
President Roosevelt told reporters that a decision on appointing a food coordinator would come very soon. He dismissed the term czar and said there is no such title under democratic processes, but indicated action on creating a coordinating role is forthcoming.
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Washington
Roosevelt
For Once Rome Radio Is Telling The Truth
Rome radio claimed Europe faces danger from both the eastern front and the west beyond the ocean. It said North Africa serves as a springboard for an American advance into Europe and declared Italy’s hour has arrived to defend Europe as a whole.
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Rome Radio
Rome
North Africa
America
Italy
Europe
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Knights Templar
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Federal Security Agency
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Ledeune
Rial
Edward J. Smith
New York
Bengali
Bishop Powell
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