Rumanians In Crimea Evacuating Report
Bern says Romanian divisions attached to the German army in the Crimea have begun evacuation of the peninsula. About seven divisions total are to depart, with one already moved to Odessa despite Russian fleet surveillance. Remaining units include cavalry, armored, tank, light and mixed divisions. civilians face shipping bans to Bessarabia Ruthenia and Bukovina.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bucharest
de Lausanne
Crimea
Odessa
Bessarabia
Ruthenia
Bukovina
Death Penalty Given for Baltimore Butcher Killing
William Charles Halsey, 33 year old Negro, was sentenced to death by hanging by Judge James E. Boylan Jr. for the shotgun murder of Charles L. Meister, 53, a Baltimore butcher. Meister was killed at his Marrottsville home the night of August 30. Halsey, who once worked for Meister, admitted the shooting but said it was accidental and that his motive was robbery.
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Westminster
William Charles Halsey
James E. Boylan, Jr
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Charles L. Meister
Baltimore
Halsey
Meister
Marriottsville
Carroll County
Regaining His Health But Not His Old Job
The Associated Press reports that Mussolini has rapidly regained health at a north Italian retreat, as German and Italian doctors observe. Mussolini, head of the puppet Italian Fascist Republican government, lives in a mansion once owned by an industrial baron and is protected by a guard of Fascist militia and Hitler’s personal bodyguard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Hubert Neumann
Mussolini
Spain Explains And Incident Is Closed
Madrid Nov 20 The United States government accepted in good faith Spain s explanation of a message sent last month to Jose P Laurel Japanese puppet president in the Philippines The Spanish Foreign Ministry said Washington now considers the matter closed The denial had said no recognition of the puppet government and that the message from Foreign Minister Gen Francisco Gomez Jordana was an act of courtesy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
United States
Spain
Jose P. Laurel
Philippines
Washington
Ciunt Francisco Gomez Jordana
Laurel
Four Leaders May Make Broadcast on New Year’s Eve
The Daily Herald reports the BBC plans a New Year’s Eve radio program featuring speeches by Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt, Marshal Stalin, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Public interest focuses on a historic wartime coalition broadcast.
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London
Navy
uPi
The
Daily Herald
British Broadcasting Corporation
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Internal Revenue deputies to assist at post office
Deputy collectors of Internal Revenue will be stationed at the local post office from December 1 through December 15 to help taxpayers file amended estimated income tax returns and assist farmers in filing estimated income tax returns for 1943. Postmaster Guy K. Motler announced. They will be stationed in Room 208 at the next office.
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Internal Revenue
Guy K. Motler
Noxt
Boy pulls out own tooth at Albany hardware store
An 8-year-old boy entered a Albany California hardware store and asked to see pliers. He put the pliers in his mouth, pulled out a tooth, thanked the clerk, then left with the tool.
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Albany
Calif
Thanksgiving Turkeys To Be Available
A local market survey shows turkeys priced 43 to 48 cents a pound dressed under OPA guidance for Thanksgiving. Stores report ample gobblers but one large retailer cannot dress birds, potentially delaying sales. Sauerkraut and canned cranberry sauce are scarce, with pumpkins in larger supply though still limited. Grocers expect a pre Thanksgiving rush on Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Healy Named To Succeed Hoyt At OWI Post
George W. Healy Jr. chosen to head domestic operations for the Office of War Information, succeeding Palmer Hoyt who will depart after January. Healy, editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, is AP MEs president elect and will join government service after formalities. Hoyt returns to the Morning Oregonian. Elmer Davis helped offer the post.
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Washington
George W. Healy
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Palmer Hoyt
Office of War Information
Hoyt
Jan
Elmer Davis
OWI
Healy
Times-Picayune Publishing Company
New Orleans States
Morning Times-Picayune
Strike settled in Washington bus service after 40,000 riders affected
Washington officials announced a settlement of the bus strike that had left about 40,000 riders seeking rides since yesterday. Arnold Operated Lines reported drivers returning to work at 9 a.m. with buses to start rolling again at 11 a.m. in Arlington County, Virginia.
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Washington
Arnold Operated
Arlington County
Baruch Denies War Demobilization Report
New York November 19 Bernard M Baruch denied press reports from Washington that he said demobilization of war industry should be handled by the War Production Board under chairman Donald M Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Ne'son
Recovery Swing Delivers Third Stock Market Recovery
In New York on November 20, the stock market marked its third successive recovery amid broad, active dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gains by Eighth and Fifth Armies Strain Italy Front
Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies advance at multiple points on the Italian front despite mud and flood. The Eighth Army takes Perano on the Sangro river east of Archi, with patrols crossing the river and inflicting Nazi casualties near Rionera. Fifth Army pushes along the Venafro front amid heavy artillery fire while air operations are limited by bad weather.
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Algiers
Fifth
Eighth
Perano
Sangro
Bernard L. Montgomery
Archi
Adriatic
Rionera
Eighth Army
Perane
Bomba
Fifth Army
Venafro
Haly
Yugoslavia
Wed Today In Calvary Methodist Church Ceremony
Miss Velma Grace Gerrich and Richard Webster Graham marry at four in Calvary Methodist Church. Rev Dr Meeks and Rev Dr Kieffer officiate as relatives and friends attend a wedding with organ recital and chancel flowers. After reception, couple tours New York before war duties resume. groom a sergeant stationed at Camp Howze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Grace Gerrich
Howard W. Gerrich
West Patrick Street
Richard Webster Graham
Roy W. Graham
West Third Stoet
Calvary’ Methodist Church
Benjamin W. Meeks
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Beverly Molesworth
Paul G. Haupt
Silver Spring
Charles M Hahn
Yvonne V. Gerrich
Haupt
C. LeVere Manahan
Baltimore
Paul G Haupt
Paul R. Fries
Hagerstown
Wil
New York City
Gerrich
Frederick High School
Camp Howze
Tex
US Army
Sgt
Graham
Eastern University
Mosley Freed From Internment Near London
Sir Oswald Mosley, prewar leader of the British fascist Blackshirt movement, was released from internment at Trolloway prison after three and a half years. He departed in a closed car with his wife, who had been interned alongside him, despite protests from British labor groups.
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London
Orn Mosley
Trolloway Prison
Germans Counter Attacks Along Rough Ukrainian Front
Moscow reports German counterattacks across the Ukrainian front from the Pinsk marshes to the Dnieper. Russians say Zhitomir fell and Cherkasi and Ovtuch sectors saw heavy fighting as forces pushed to protect the key axis toward Kiev.
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Moscow
Pinsk
Middle Dnieper
Ned Star
Zhitomir
Rad
Kiev
Cherkasi
Dnieper
Russia
Ovtuch
Odesa-Leningrad
Korotten
Red Star
Korusitshey
Blacksmith Shop Burns in East South Street Fire
Fire gutted the Ho ward M. Kemp blacksmith shop at 100 block East South Street this morning. About 8 35 a m flames issued from the office, spreading to the rear where motors and tools were kept. Kemp was singed while trying to save records. Fire under control after a short delay. building appears thoroughly gutted. Owner is Mrs M C Powers of Victoria Ohio.
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Howard M. Kemp
East South Street
Kemp
Uniteds
M. C. Powers
Victoria
Secret weapon theories haunt London blast rumors
A fifth floor Soho building was blown apart in a mysterious explosion amid a week of blasts. A German communique claimed Nazi planes bombed London, yet no planes or sirens were heard. Skeptics question if a secret weapon was used, though no confirmation emerged.
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London
Soho
Germany
Removal Bid in Davidge Estate Case Moves Courts
Long running probate dispute over Robert H Davidge estate shifts from Orphans Court to Circuit Court. A 1929 will favored sister Marjorie Mannix of New York. caveat by Roberta Baumgardner faces dismissal, with future steps unclear as removal petition seeks impartial trial. Estate valued at about $23,000.
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Robert H Davidge
Frederick
Orphans Court
Circuit Court
Davidge
Marjorie Davidge Mannix
New York City
Roberta Baumgardner
Mannix
Parsons Newman
Baumgardner
B. B. Rosenstock
Edward J. Smith
Patrick M. Schnauller
Newman
Petain Resignation Report Sparks Conflicting Broadcasts
Reports from Morocco and Dakar radios claim Vichy announced Petain’s resignation as chief of state with officials denying confirmation. Swiss dispatches noted Laval pressing to restrain change and Germans seeking to redirect France, while frontier sources cited arrests and impending cabinet resignations.
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Born
Switzerland
Berlin
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Kaing
Basler Nachrichtes Berlin
Betain
Wilhelmstrasse
Viehy
Petain
Associated Press
Morocco
Dakar
French Africa
Ubal A Viehy
Pierre Laval
France
Thas
Vichy Radio
Marshal Pelain
London
CBS
Pelain
Invasion of Samos Reported by Ankara Radio
The Ankara radio said Germany began attempts to invade Samos, a Greek island near the Dodecanese. The report followed the fall of Leroy in the Dodecanese to German sea and air forces. Germans claimed to have taken Ikaria Patmos and Lipsi, with Castelrosso, and a fourth island reportedly held.
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London
Ankara
Samos
Dodecanese
tGce
Leroy
Castelrosso
Ikaria Patmus
Lipes
Island Furn
Japs Claim Victory at Sattelberg New Guinea
Tokyo radio reports Japanese defenders repelled an American tank supported assault at Sattelberg, New Guinea, noting heavy enemy losses and claiming Japanese victory. Broadcast says Japanese casualties were lighter and that Australians advanced toward Finen Hafen vicinity. An unrelated line cites wartime meat distribution plans allocating next year’s output to lend-lease, reserves, possessions, and citizens.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Satterboro
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Rlad
Satlelerg
Finsenhafen
Finenhafen
Sattelberg
Tokyo
Admiral Nomura's Warning Amid Pearl Harbor Aftermath
The Japanese ambassador Nomura was quoted discussing U S counter operations against Japan. He claimed American sea power would be strengthened as a response and warned of intensified actions following Pearl Harbor.
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Sn Oyark
Noy Mbth
Tokyo
Richisabura Nomura
America
Japan
Nomar
United States
Pearl
Hota Bon
Eight Rural Banks To Pay Yule Funds
Eight rural county and city banks plan Christmas Club payments totaling about 82 thousand dollars, higher than last year. First National Bank of Mt. Airy will issue about 16 500 with checks around Nov 24, Bank of Brunswick about 12 500 around Dec 7, Peoples National Bank of Brunswick about 12 000 around Dec 1, Peoples Bank Liberty Town about 10 000 around Nov 26, Thurmont Bank about 8 700 with a payment this week, Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg about 6 500, Walkersville Bank about 7 700 with Nov payment, and Middletown Savings Bank about 6 000 to 7 000 around Thanksgiving.
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Prederick
Mmedudang Mt
Neary
First National Banke
Mt.ee
Bank of Brunswick
Peoples National Bank of Brunswick
Peoples Bank
Liberty Town
Thurmont Bank
Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg
Walkersville Bank
Hardest Job For Engineers In The Southwest Pacific
Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold views the toughest engineering work from the Solomons to New Guinea as Allied forces push forward. He notes supplies, airstrips, and roads are vital and praises Negro engineer troops for months of road and airfield construction under adverse jungle conditions.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Eugene Reybald
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Reybold
South
R. F. Fowler
Clarencr L. Lturdevant
Solomons
New Quinea
Emmitsburg man arrested for breaking and entering
Dolor Eyler of Emmitsburg was arrested Friday night on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to steal. No chickens were missing then, but others have been taken on prior occasions. Roy Maxwell found Eyler at his chicken house and notified authorities. Eyler was jailed today after being held until state troopers arrived.
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Mwennery
Emmitsburg
Dolor Eyler
Roy F. Maxwell
West Main Street
Eyler
Walter Will
Sherif Albert Adelsberger
RAF Bombers Hit Greek Port Khalkis Amid Fire
Cairo reports RAF heavy bombers attacked Khalkis a Greek port 40 miles north of Athens Thursday night causing heavy explosions and a large fire according to a Middle East communique announced today.
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Cairo
cPi
RAF
Khalkis
Athens
Ojday
Nazi Poison Gas Center Bombed By British Air Force
London reports RAF bombers struck Leverkusen and other Rhineland targets last night in the third successive raid on Germany. Leverkusen, a chemical center near Cologne, was hit as five planes failed to return. American daylight raids on western Germany yielded no losses for pilots, with targets unnamed in the U.S. communique. Major Kepner urged expanding bombers and fighters to break German heavy industry, while Berlin suffered rail yard and station hits and traffic was frozen.
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London
Germany
Leverkusen
Rhineland
Cologne
Witth
City
Ludwigshafen
Berlin
U.S
Cirrman
Jar Mght
New Heights
Maj
Gee
William E. Kepner
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Kepner
England
Premium on June brides spring babies
Washington reports the House Ways and Means committee inserted a July 1 taxpayer status rule into the wartime revenue bill. Beginning next year a July 1 date will determine personal exemptions and credits, making marriages after June 30 qualify for single exemptions and births after that date lack current-year credits. This change aims to simplify existing fractional exemptions and credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bitter Fighting In Yugoslavia Reported
London reports Yugoslav guerrillas repelled heavy German attacks in Cro atia but retreated in central Bosnia after fierce battles that cost Germany 500 casualties. Yugoslav forces claimed fighting on Krk and Senja and near Fiume with Tito’s Partizan units and on Crew island.
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London
Croatia
Bosnia
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Krk
Senja
Ferce
Josip Broz
Tito
Partizan
Erk
Fiume
Crew
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Middletown Savings Bank
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