Frederick City Tax Rate Seen At 1.12 For 1944
Frederick's 1944 city tax rate is tentatively set at 1.12 dollars per hundred, to include Linganore filtration plant improvements. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger said the action followed a Mayors and Aldermen meeting. Bills are being prepared on 1.12, signaling near final adoption. The rate marks an estimated 17 cent rise from 1943.
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Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
Mehri F. Wachter
Singapore
Gittinger
U. S. Casualties Since Pearl Harbor Reported
Washington reports total U S casualties across all services reaching 121,319 since Pearl Harbor with the Army at 89,650 and the Navy at 31,669 as of November 11. Army losses include 12,843 killed and 30,263 wounded. Navy shows 12,883 killed and 5,640 wounded with 8,918 missing and 4,228 prisoners. Navy figures include Forest Guard and Marine Corps.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Forest Guard
Marine Corps
Winchester Star Increases Rates Announcement
Winchester Star in Winchester Virginia reveals new subscription rates effective Monday. In city delivery by carrier at 8 cents per week or 6 dollars 50 cents per year, single copies 5 cents. The paper notes the increase is kept to a minimum and remains owned by Senator Harry F Byrd.
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Winchester
Winchester Star
Harry F. Byrd
No Paper Thursday News schedule update
The News will not be published on Thanksgiving Day. Editorial offices will open after four o'clock Thursday afternoon and the business office will be open from six to seven o'clock at night.
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The
News- Post
German Claims Recaptured Towns West of Kiev in Ukraine
London reports German radio claimed Brusilov and Chernyakhov had been recaptured in a violent counter attack near the Ukrainian bulge. Moscow notes warn German forces near Kiev face strong Russian defense while Red Star says Russian positions remain intact in depth amid counter thrusts.
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London
Brusilov
Kiev
Chernyakhov
Zhitomir
Odessa-Leningrad
Korosten
Moscow
Red Star
Ukraine
Lower
Dnieper
Nikopol
Cherkassy
Ukraiian
Red Army
Pripet
White Russia
Five Hurt In Auto Accident Near Rockville
Five people were injured when a Dodge sedan rear tire blew out near Rockville, flipping the car and pinning Harriett Smith under it. Among the injured were Hood senior class members Miss Ethel Mary Libbey and Miss Dorothy Sweets, Camp Detrick personnel Staff Sgt. Gale B. Highsmith and Cpl. Thomas Doyle, treated at Georgetown University Hospital and Welter Reed Hospital.
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The
College
Camp Detrick
Rockville
Harriett Smith
Wheeler Smith
Myersville
Middletown High School
Miss Smith
Ethel Mary Libbey
New York
N. Y
Dorothy Sweets
Scranton
Gale B. Highsmith
Thomas Doyle
Georgetown University Hospital
Miss Libbey
Miss Sweetser
Welter Reed Hospital
Washington
D. C
Allied Spitfires Hit Road Convoys in Albania
Allied Spitfires attacked road convoys in German occupied Albania yesterday as bad weather limited air activity. At least nine trucks were destroyed and a dozen more damaged in the raid reported from Algiers on November 24.
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Algiers
RAF
Albania
Patton Apology Highlighted In Public Controversy
A Senate committee sought a War Department report after Lt General George S Patton Jr slapped a private in a Sicily hospital. The incident sparked wide debate on discipline and leadership under stress, with Eisenhower and the War Department favoring continued service for both Patton and the soldier. Patton later publicly apologized to the private and to his troops, underscoring his belief in discipline even amid high command.
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Downey
D.-Cat
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Stimson
George 8. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Allied
George 5. Patton, Jr
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
Patton
Even Asphalt In Pavements Boiled After Raid On Berlin
Stockholm reports eyewitnesses describing Berlin as a sea of fire after RAF 1000 bomber raid. Heat described as ferocious on streets and pavements with people collapsing from heat. Travelers and residents recount an inferno scene across Tiergarten and diplomatic quarters, with widespread destruction and shattered windows.
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Berlin
Stockholm
RAF
Sweden
Air Ministry
Templehof
anoiGer
Berlin Burning With 1000 Fires Amid Allied Bombing
A neutral diplomat who witnessed Berlin’s night raid described it as a vision of the apocalypse. Berlin is burning with a thousand fires as citizens aid fire control, while authorities tighter streets. Fire rages along Leipzig Street and the presidential palace area. crowds move toward hard-hit zones, and defenses are criticized as passive.
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Berlin
Gazette de Lausanne
Leipzig
Paul von Hindenburg
Foreign Ministry
Embassies Ruined as Berlin Attacks Stir Retaliation Fears
A Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau dispatch from Berlin reports the U S embassy at Pariser Platz near Brandenburger Tor is in ruins while the new Italian and Japanese embassies on Tiergarten Strasse escaped damage. Nazi outlets demand vengeance for Berlin strikes as Goebbels propaganda machinery appears disrupted by recent aerial attacks. An auto stolen from North Bentz Street was found in Amsterdam Ohio with minor damage, and owner A F Vitale plans to retrieve it.
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Stockholm
Allehanda
Berlin
United States
Pariser Platz
Brandenburger Tor
Tiergarten Strasse
North Bentz Street
Amsterdam
Jefferson County
Ohio
A. F. Vitale
North Market Street
Cleveland
Vitale
Patton Forgiven and Retained for War Effort
The piece argues General Patton is harsh on others yet punished for his lapse. It cites the War Department’s stance to keep him on duty, noting his battle prowess and the need to maintain momentum, comparing to Lincoln Grant forgiveness and wartime priorities.
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Patton
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
Eisenhower
Georgie
Conference Imminent Meeting of Big Three Predicted
London reports that Vichy radio claimed a meeting of President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin is imminent. The broadcast noted Attlee may replace Churchill in Commons and Washington press conferences occur without Roosevelt. A Swedish paper linked these events to forecast a trilateral summit.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Vichy
Attlee
Washington
Stalin
Aflontidningen
Frederick County Board of Education Considers Budget
A special meeting of the Frederick County Board of Education was held today to examine the estimated public school budget for the 1944 fiscal year. Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt said budget items would not be disclosed until the budget is formally presented to the Board of County Commissioners, expected early next week. The commissioners have requested presentation of all estimated budgets before December 15.
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Frederick County Board of Education
Eugene W. Pruitt
Board of County Commissioners
Tokyo radio overstates U S losses in Gilbert Islands
Tokyo radio claimed 5000 American casualties in naval ops off the Gilbert Islands, a report monitored by U S authorities. It urged the home front to curb war euphoria and focus on boosting aircraft production. In New York stocks, oils and a few specialties edged up while most industrial and railroad shares drifted lower.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Gilbert Islands
United States
U. S
Eighth Army Gains Eight Miles in Italy Front Push
Allied forces under Montgomery breached central Italian lines advancing into San Angelo and occupying Alfedena, fifty miles southeast of Rome, after pushing past Hianero. The capture, aided by German destruction of Alfedena, came near the Sangro river as British Fifth Army clashed with a German patrol near the Garigliano.
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Sangre
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Castishone
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Fifth Army
Still Greater Attack For United Nations In War Report
King George VI opened a new session of Parliament declaring that in the fourth year of the war the United Nations will press a still greater offensive. He praised Allied gains in Africa and Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and noted Allied forces fighting in mainland Europe with the United States. The ceremony occurred as Parliament resumed in London after bomb damage.
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House of Comons
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Reedom
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Italy
Europe
Queen Elizabeth
House of Lords
House of Commons
Stores Open Through Wednesday Afternoons for Holiday Rush
Mort Freeerick produce stores extend hours to handle pre Thanksgiving rush. First Wednesday departure since June from alt rison closing hours marks change. ATL stores remain open this afternoon. Rationing Board office operates 9 to 1. Heating plant repairs cause closures Friday and Saturday. reopening Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 7 to 9.
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Mort Freeerick Produce
ATL
Iveal Rationing Board
Tenigat
UEP
Nazis To Use Gas Reprisal Weapon in Berlin Talks
German military spokesman said Germany will use its reprisal weapon in response to terror attacks on Berlin and other towns. The statement came at a foreign conference in Berlin as Berlin radio reported.
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Ge Londen
Germany
Berlin
Berlin Bombardment Deepens Nazi Capital Destruction
London reports Berlin endured a second night of heavy bombing as RAF bombers dropped near record tonnage on the city. The attack caused widespread fires and chaos, isolating Berlin and damaging rail hubs, with Swedish correspondents noting massive fires and high casualties while Berlin’s administrative centers and Siemens works suffered heavy hits.
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Berlin
Aire Ministry
Stockholm
Ilamburg
Europe
Eden
Budapest Strasse
Germany
High Command
Hamburg
Vost
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentroy
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Afiontidningen
Albert Speer
Siemenstadt
Siemens
Spandau
Wilmersdorf
NeukocIn
Lichtenberg
Pankow
Grand Rapids Furniture Plant Razed in Night Blaze
A massive fire at Berkey & Gay Furniture Co in Grand Rapids Michigan destroyed two of three buildings and halted rail service as a 500000 dollar blaze lit up the night. Fireman Louis A. Coleman died clearing debris with walls collapsing around the pumper truck. The blaze, fueled by wartime supplies and spanning 90 minutes, caused guests at the Rowe hotel to flee and prompted a full-city fire response. Authorities probe the fire’s cause while business losses include machinery valued at 300000 dollars. Nearby AP news notes Maryland coal appeals to wartime fuel chief for extra anticarcite supplies.
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Warticke Properties
Berkey & Gay Furniture Company
Rowe Hotel
Berkey & Gay
Louis A. Coleman
Grand Trunk Western
Furniture City
Central
Roosevelt orders wartime tannery takeovers in Massachusetts
Washington November 24 President Roosevelt authorized Secretary of War Stimson to take over and operate 13 strike closed tanneries in the Salem Peabody area of Massachusetts. The action aims to ensure leather supplies while labor disputes loom.
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Roosevelt
War Stimson
Ialem-Peabody
Massachusetta
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