U S Carrier Planes Destroy 118 Jap Planes
Admiral Nimitz announced carrier strikes in the Manila area destroyed 118 Japanese planes and set fire to two cargo ships and an oil tanker. Ground losses and air battles reduced Japanese air strength, with 10 planes shot down in the air and about 100 on the ground.
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U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Manila
U.S
Chester W. Nimitz
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Nimitz
McCain
South Pacific
Naval Air Chief
Washington
Manila Bay
Japan
Luzon
Leyte Island
Leyte
Kurile Islands
Equatorial
Hunt For Deer In Snow In Frederick County
Hunter debate centers on deer season opening December 4 in Frederick County. Delegate W. Jerome Offutt says confusion exists after talks with State Game Warden E. Lee LeCompte who notes a possible amendment to permit stalking. Hunters must carry guns with 1200 foot muzzle energy. Upland game hunting cited as poor. Regional Game Warden Benjamin F. Pobus urges more rabbit harvest as cold weather arrives. Harvey Miller of Thurmont pays $20 collateral for hunting without a license as the season began last Wednesday.
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Frederick County
W. Jerome Offutt
House of Delegates
E. Lee LeCompte
Baltimore
Ofluit
LeCompte
Benjamin F. Phobus
Harvey Miller
Thurmont
William J. Stoner
Jurors drawn for December term of Circuit Court
Jurors for the December term were drawn Monday as the term opens Monday December 13 at ten in the morning. Districts list Frederick William J Walker Robert H Thomas Charles W Mullian Frank R Adams Walter E Eiker Buckerstown John E Morningstar Middletown Oscar F Gaver Creagerstown John F Brune Emmitsburg H Rohnert Gilleian Catoclin Eiperi Grogsnickle Liberty Raymond E Cashout New Market Walter Fo Bor Hauvers W Russell Armsperger Woodsboro At Jefferson James C Pea Sein Lohr Jacksong Elmer L Harp cere M Wachter Tuscarora Ralph F Dutrow Burkittsville Eldridge C Boyas Banenger Claude F Culler Brunswick C Floyd Feete Walkersville George E Graenam
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Frederick
William J. Walker
Robert H. Thomas
Charles W. Mullican
Frank R. Adams
Walter E. Eiker
Buckerstown
John E. Morningstar
Middletown
Oscar F Gaver
Creagerstown
John F. Brune
Emmitspurg — H. Rohnert Gilleian
Catoclin C
Thanksgiving Service at Rocky Ridge Church
Thanksgiving services will be held at Rocky Ridge Church, Rocky Ridge, on Thursday at 10 o clock. The Beventh? brethren congregation invites the community to attend a brief service of thanks and fellowship.
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Rocky Ridge Church
Bewthren
Rocky Ridge
New Principle Of Rayon Construction
A new and saleable rayon tire construction named the 2200 denier rayon tire line is announced by Dr. Sidney M. Cadwell of the West Virginia Rubber Company. The design uses stronger yet fewer plies to reduce blowouts, increase output, and improve tire uniformity and grip during testing before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Sidney M. Cadwell
Cadwell
Rayon Lyne
Larger Quotas For Selective Service Call Predicted
Officials announced heavier quotas of young men to be called with Draft Board Two listing twenty five selectees to report for pre induction exams in December. The call, described as the largest in months, includes several Frederick area residents and a lone colored selectee to be examined. Also named Miss Luck as a new appointee to lead farm home service work for Southern States Cooperatives in Richmond Virginia.
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Ornational
Draft Board Two
Draft Board One
Baltimore
William David McVey
Weeden
Rockville
Francis Albert Bowers
Union Bridge
Dan-iet
Joseph Eckentrade
Rt. 5
Fredwiiry
Luck
Richmond
Eman Luck
Sarah P. Ellis
Southern States Cooperatives Farm Home Service
Virginia
Labor Resents Some Types of Preaching in Cumberland
Dr. Robert T. Kerlin of the CIC News Western Maryland edition told Cumberland Ministerial Association that labor resents preaching that promises heaven to the poor without addressing earthly life. He said workers stay away from church as sermons ignore economic problems and lack sympathy. He urged ministers to preach Jesus the carpenter, friend of the poor, visit factories, engage with unions, and read organized labor literature.
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Cumberland
Robert T. Kerlin
Maryland
CIC News
Cumberland Ministerial Association
Kerlin
Potomac State College
Keyser
W. Va
Jesus the Carpenter
Johnston appoints LtCol Ellison D. Smith successor in Senate
Columbia South Carolina governor Olin D Johnston selects LtCol Ellison D Cotton Ed Smith as interim U S Senator to fill the late Cotton Ed Smith term. Smith, age 80 and longtime editor of the Independent and Daily Mail, was a friend of Johnston and dies shortly before completing 386 years in Congress.
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Columbia
S.C
Wilton E Hall
Anderson
Olin D. Johnston
U. S
Ellison D
Smith
Tle
Independent
Daily Mail
Johnston
Senate
Lynchburg
Congress
Thanksgiving service planned by Tue Buckessiayn Metyeast Church
The Tue Buckessiayn Metyeast church will hold a Thanksgiving service on Thursday at 10 a.m. The event invites the congregation to gather for prayer and thanks.
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Buckessiayn Metyeast Church
Bond Posted For Drunken Driving Suspect In Court
Harold L. Linton of Frederick posted a $1,000 bond for appeal after a drunken driving conviction in Magistrate Edward J. Smith’s court. Several others appeared on charges including disturbing the peace and operating a car without proper plates, with fines and collateral forfeitures recorded. A separate note highlighted a postmaster’s son sending a pencil that deflected shrapnel and saved him from a leg wound in Germany.
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Harold Lb. Linton
Frederick
Edward J. Smith
Leonard Crummitt
West South Street
Alton Tams
Toms
Crummitt
Jessie McDonough
Hamilton Avenue
House of Correction
Melburn H. Wise
Middletown
Emma B. Kohout
Jenny Jones
Middle Alley
Margie Overs
Middle Aley
Nolle
Overs
Evelyn Faulkner
Johnnie
Walter E. Sinn
Linton
H. S. Wachter
Motter
Wachter
Tuinton
Weide Hepeste Mer Fue
Alonzo Miller
George Runckles
Frank Queen
Charles Stevens
Grover Korrell
James Newmann
Bruce Sears
Charles Wetzel
Clarence Smith
Ted Bare
John H. Alfaritz
John C. Ramsberg
William Hill
William May
Clarence Stoner
Woodrow Bradley
Mary J
Schenk
Chambersburg
Paul R. Gain
Glengary
W. Va
Harry Holsinger
August P. Palm
West Sixth Street
Guy K. Motter
Germany
Guy, Jr
Hearing Set For Dec 19 In Peters Estate Dispute
The Orphans Court fixed December 19 for a hearing to decide who receives 1500 from George W. Peters estate as per his wife’s intended will. Petitioners, nieces of Minnie D. Peters, claim the funds by her directive to pass to them after her death. The court ordered executor Thomas W. Peters and attorney H Keiffer DeLauter to show cause by 11 am December 19.
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Orphans’ Court
George W. Peters
Sherman P. Bowers
Miriam J. Yaste
Ada Dixon
Mabel Dixon
Nessie Dixon Brooks
Ethel Dixon
Virginia W. Dixon
Miriam Lucy Jaynes Ash
E. Leola Dixon
Mr. Peters
Menry
Minnie D. Peters
Peters
Thomas W. Peters
H. Kieffer DeLauter
E. Elfreda Moberly
Merrii F. Moberly
Evelyn L. Shafer
Earlston
F. Shafer
France
John S. Buwlus
Joseph D. Flook
C. Hampton Willis
Louis Orndorff Willis
New Market
Pearl Harbor Inquiry Testimony Discussed in Senate
Senator Ferguson proposed an independent five member Senate committee to study the Pearl Harbor attack and call those in command as first witnesses if an inquiry is ordered. He planned to introduce a resolution and related Judiciary Committee report suggesting a six month court martial deadline extension.
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Washington
Ferguson
Senate
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Judiciary Committee
Goerdeler Nephew Captured by Ninth Army in Germany
The Ninth Army reports capturing the nephew of Dr. Karl Goerdeler former Leipzig mayor amid the Hitler bomb plot fallout. The nephew says Goerdeler may still be at large and that the Nazis executed another person to save face.
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Goerdeler Stili
U. S
Ninth Army
Germany
Karl Goerdeler
Leipzig
Goerdeler
Favor Retaining Open Season On Wild Turkeys in Maryland
About 50 sportsmen and State Game and Inland Fish Commission members voted to keep an open season on wild turkeys in Western Maryland with a reduced bag limit from four to one. Frederick and Washington counties petitioned for an open season, while a group pressed for a closed season. A later decision will be announced after another meeting.
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Hancock
Inland Fish Commission
Maryland
Frederick
Washington
E. Lee LeCompte
Garner Denmead
Baltimore
James H. Gambrill
Frederick County
Washington County
Allegany
American infantry face new Japanese counter in Leyte amid typhoon
General MacArthur’s headquarters report fierce fighting in the Ormoc corridor as third typhoon lashes Leyte Island. 32nd Division infantry push to reduce fortified positions near Limon while roadblocks hold and Japanese raids are repulsed. rains flood streams and disable transport as frontline lines become static.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc
Limon
Leyte Island
Ormoc Highway
Imperial First Division
Ormoc Road
Leste
Carigara Bay
Two Frederick Soldiers Reported Prisoners of War
Two Frederick soldiers, Pvt. Arthur W. Wetzel and Pvt. Paul King, were officially listed as prisoners of war in Germany and Italy respectively. Messages from the War Department via the International Red Cross confirmed their status, with wives and families notified in September.
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Frederick
Eva A. Wetzel
East South Street
War Department
Arthur W. Wetzel
France
Edsad Ning Cvivrea
East Street
Paul King
Italy
International Red Cross
Pvt
Wetzel
Bobby
Delma Close
Baltimore
Pvt. King
Germany
Posthumous Silver Star Awards To Two Countians
Baltimore and Emmitsburg residents receive the Silver Star for gallantry in Italy with the 36th Infantry Division. Second Lt. Charles L. Sharrer and Sgt. James F. Badman were killed in action. Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes presented the medals at Command headquarters. Lt. Sharrer served as an artillery observer in Abucassy, holding his post under heavy fire.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Abukassy
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