U S Planes Hit Manila Clark Field Again
Carrier planes struck Manila and Clark Field again according to Manila radio reports cited by the Associated Press. The broadcast said about 60 planes attacked Manila, Clark Field, and nearby airfields on Luzon, with Japanese interceptors engaging the carriers and witnesses reporting two enemy bombers shot down.
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U.S
Manila
Clark Field
Associated Press
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Philippines
Lipa
Batangas
Luzon
Nippon
Mrs Bennett 87 dies in Frederick
Mrs Helen Reid Bennett widow of Oliver P Bennett died at 9 45 this morning at her home 235 East Second street Frederick aged 87 years eight months eleven days She was active in St Johns Church and a charter member of Fitzhugh Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy Survived by daughter Mrs Moran of Lime Kiln and son William B Bennett six grandchildren and many nieces and nephews Funeral Monday with prayers at 830 am at 8 East Patrick street and low mass at St Johns at 9 oclock Burial in St Johns Cemetery C E Cline and Son in charge
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Helen Reid Bennett
Oliver P. Bennett
East Second Street
Frederick
St. John’s Catholic Church
The
Sodality
Bennett
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
East Patrick Street
St. John's Cemetery
C. E. Cline
100 Union Pacific waiters arrested on meal receipt charges
The FBI announced the arrest of more than 100 Union Pacific railroad dining car waiters and stewards on charges of withholding receipts for meals.
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Washington
FBI
Union Pacific Railroad
Specialized Buying Helps Market Balance in Mixed Session
New York November 25 specialized buying helped the stock market hold its ground while many leaders finished in the red. Traders noted steady support from select buyers as declines limited to a minority of major issues amid a cautious session.
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New York
Five Die In Fire At Dauphine Street Rooming House
Five men perished in a blaze that swept through a rooming house at 331 Dauphine street in the French quarter New Orleans. Firemen battled the flames as the deadly fire reduced the interior to ashes and authorities investigated the cause.
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New Orleans
Dauphine Street
Senate starts probe of cigarette shortage
A preliminary Senate War Investigating Committee inquiry opened into the cigarette shortage upon a suggestion from Senator Ferguson and approved by Chairman Mead. Neither senator smokes, but the investigation pursues the supply issue.
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Senate
Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Mead
DNY
Frederick city 200th anniversary planning committee named
Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger appointed a 16 member general committee to plan Frederick citys 200th anniversary observance in 1945. Charles F. Bowers chairs the group with first meeting set for next Tuesday at 430 p.m. in the Y M C A. Members include Gambrill Storm Delaplaine Shank Apple Hendrickson Newman Haller Mathias Walker Carty Bowlus Schildknecht Anders Young Winebrewer and others. The chair urged public input and said the committee will work with the Mayor and Aldermen. The anniversary traces to Taskers Chance in 1745 along Carroll creek with city lots 60 to 63 feet wide and 335 to 393 feet deep.
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Frederick City
Hugh V. Gittinger
Charles F. Bowers
Bowers
James H. Gambrill
William M. Storm
Edward 5S. Delaplaine
Raymond R. Shank
Miriam Apple
R. Ames Hendrickson
Parsons Newman
W. Harry Haller
Charles McC. Mathias
J. Walker Carty
Richard Bowlus
William RR. Schildknecht
Jesse B. Anders
Howard Young
Byron A. Winebrewer
Titsworth
Frederick County
Tasker
Carroll Creek
Geisler Nazi Prisoner Sgt James A Geisler POW in Germany
Mrs Martha Geisler near Urbana was told by the War Department that her son Sgt James A Geisler is a prisoner of war in Germany. He was reported missing in action with a mechanized division July 29 1944. His wife and daughter live in Georgia. He trained at Fort Riley Camp Gordon Fort Dix and Camp Gordon Johnson with the 4th Mechanized Division.
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Martha Geisler
Urbana
War Department
James A. Geisler
Germany
Geisler
Georgia
Fort Riley
Kan
Camp Gordon
Fort Dix
N. J
Camp Gordon Johnson
Fla
Boys In Battle To Buy U S War Bonds
In Washington the Sixth War Loan sees American armies in Europe buying bonds as they fight. General Eisenhower urged the Treasury to inform the President of full support for the drive. Treasury later disclosed an unsolicited letter. sales in the campaign reached 3.563 billion against a 5 billion individual quota.
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Washington
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Treasury
Morgenthau
Eisenhower
Bond
Itten
British patrols reach Faenza suburb in river Cosina fight
Rome dispatch reports four miles southeast of the Bologna Rimini highway town Faenza the Cosina river area was held as British patrols forced German withdrawal. An allied headquarters announcement confirmed the action.
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Faenza
Rome
Cosina
Bologna
Rimini
Cologne
U. S. First Army
Weisweiler
Julich
Roer
Bourheim
Haven
Beeck
Geilenkirchen
Wurm
Industrial Tokyo Ablaze After Major U S Bomber Raid
Twenty First Bomber Command based on Saipan reported a large force of 70 Superfortress bombers hit central Tokyo’s industrial zones including the Musashina aircraft plant. Two planes were lost as fires spread, with Japanese claims of light damage. Generals Harmon Arnol d and Hansell praised the strike as part of a broader plan to cripple Japan’s war industries.
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U. S. Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
Japan
Japanese Empire
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo Radio
Musashina
Millard S. Harmon
Harmon
Twentieth Air Force
Mit
Alaska
Philippines
China
Imperial Empire
Washington
H. H. Arnold
Marianas
Emmett
Rosie) O'Donnell
Jamaica
West Point
Java
Australia
Heywood S. Hansell, Jr
Twenty- First Bomber Command
Kyushu
Snow Flurries Touch Downtown Atlanta This Morning
Snow pellets for the first winter touch lightly downtown Atlanta shortly before 9 am. The pellets fell on window ledges and melted almost instantly as they landed.
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Atlanta
27 Additional Jap Ships Sunk By U.S. Submarines
Washington reports submarines in the Pacific and Far East waters sunk 27 additional enemy vessels including a destroyer and a gunboat. Total Japanese ships sunk or likely sunk reach 54 with 119 damaged. other today's 25 vessels were merchant ships. A Netherlands submarine, under US control in Southeast Asian waters, sunk 4500 tons.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Netherlands
England
United States
Netherlands East Indian
Nas
Russians Break Into Hatvan and Hungary Front
Russian forces reportedly entered Hatvan near Budapest but were repelled by a German counterattack. Berlin said eight Russian divisions penetrated Latvia’s Courtland region as Saare island fell, with Moscow reporting new gains in eastern Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
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London
Miskolc
Hungary
Transocean
Hatvan
Budapest
Berlin
Courtland
Latvia
Dabiel Aup Wuud Alleles
Saare
Gulf
Red
Moscow
Lielauce
Baltic
Liepaja
Priekule
East Prussia
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Ungvar
Fight Over Social Security Tax Freeze
Washington November 25 The 78th Congress faces a split on freezing the Social Security tax at one percent instead of rising to two percent. A proposed compromise would set tax at 1.18 percent, while advocates of freezing argue against a higher rate. The current one percent yields about 1.5 billion dollars annually for the program’s reserve fund.
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Washington
White House
More Strong Points At Bhamo Captured In Burma War
Southeast Asia Command announces Pro-Chinese troops have taken four more strong points in Bhamo a key northern Burma stronghold near Kandy Ceylon with the campaign still active and unyielding as of November 22 news from the area confirms.
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Bhamo
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Next Of Kin Club Formed In Frederick For War Prison Relatives
The American Red Cross sponsors a new Next of Kin club in Frederick to aid relatives of U S citizens held in Axis captivity. The group met at the Francis Scott Key hotel with Mrs. Currens and Mrs. Roughan as organizers. Members discuss gift parcels and letters, and note parcels are issued every 60 days with weekly food parcels shipped to camps. Receipts from parcel deliveries are filed at Red Cross headquarters.
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American Red Cross
U. S
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
The
Red Cross
E. F E. Currens
Elm Street
Ralph Currens
Germany
L. V. Roughan
Red Cross Home Service Corps
National Red Cross
Airport Plat Finished Soon
Frederick city expects to know by early next year the land area needed for the proposed east side city airport. A complete plat by the CAA should be ready by then. Soil tests and borings are under James Carr of the New York CAA office, along the 4000 to 5000 foot runways with 150 foot width and 250 foot clearance. Investigations consider natural gravel or sand deposits for airport use.
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Frederick City
New City
Frederick
Hugh W. Gittinger
CAA
James Carr
New York
Towns Lost Near Liuchow Besieged by Japanese West Portent
The Chinese high command announced patrol actions by both sides west of Hwaiyuanchen, 30 miles west of Liuchow, as the Kwangsi Kweichow railroad town faced advancing Japanese troops, suggesting the loss of the town.
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Chungking
Hwaiyuanchen
Fallen Liuchow
German forces’ widespread advance slowed by stiff Allied resistance
London reports captured German documents show Hitler’s armies, moving in broad fronts, confronted strong Allied resistance and supply shortages that could hinder rapid advances. The dispatch notes communications about reinforcements and cautious strategy as winter approaches.
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London
Hitler
Judge Landis Dies Head of Baseball at 78
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 78, longtime baseball commissioner, died at St Luke's Hospital Chicago after a 55 day illness from coronary thrombosis. He led Major League Baseball for 24 years with a strict, dictatorial style, and his death follows recent support for another seven year term. No funeral will be held. cremation will follow the family wishes.
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API
Kenesaw Mountain
Landis
Capps
St. Luke's Hospital
Daleah
Glencoe
Victory Garden
Will Harridge
Ford Frick
Frick
Harridge
Major League
Sterling Committee
May
Leslie M. O'Connor
Leen Landis
Chicago “Black Sox
Ceansdal
Cincinnat Reds
National Commission
Ban Johnson
American League
John A. Hexdler
National League
Garry Hermann
Cincinnati Reds
Black’ Sox
Tron Hand
Squirt
O'Connor
French Close Trap On German Troops In Vosges Mountains
Reports from Strasbourg and Paris radio describe French armored forces closing a trap on German troops in the Vosges area, moving toward Colmar and near Strasbourg, with fighting in Colmar and refugees crossing the Rhine. American and British units push toward Cologne while Saar passes are cleared and Patton’s Third Army crosses the Saar.
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New York
Strasbourg
Rhine
BBC
Blue Network
London
Paris
Colmar
Vosges
Aachen
Germany
Supreme Headquartera Communique
Saares
Vesses
Ballon D'Alsace
Belfort
Berlin
Mulhouse
George S.S. Patton
U.S. Third Army
Saar
Saarbrucken
Japanese Air Defense Chief Promises Calm Amid Raids
Kenichi Kumagai, Japan's air raid defense head, assures residents there is no need to fear future raids. He calls the B 29 attack a propaganda raid and says it will boost war production by emboldening the industrial soldier, while Tokyo broadcasts emphasize prepared minds to prevent panic.
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Associated Press
Kenichi Kumagai
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Domei
Kumagal
Swedes Question Hansa Sinking Torpedo Claim
Stockholm reports Expressen saying opinion favors the Hansa sinking being caused by a drifting mine rather than torpedo, while noting the cause is not officially announced. German war zones remain, yet Swedish shipping continues to Finland and Leningrad.
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Stockholm
Expressen
Hansa
Gatland
Germany
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Bothnia
Finland
Leningrad
Japanese communique claims sinking of U S transports
Tokyo radio claimed two American transports were sunk and another damaged along with a destroyer in Leyte Gulf Philippines. The unconfirmed report cites 17 planes that did not return from raids on Leyte and Morotai Island Wednesday and Thursday.
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Associated Press
U. S
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Leyte
Morotsi Island
Shooting in Brussels disrupts demonstration in 1930s era
In Brussels on November 25, during a parade of protesters against the Hubert Pierlot government, shooting broke out and at least eight men were wounded. Police cleared streets as clashes spread, with casualties reported amid the unrest.
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Brussels
Grussels
Belgium
Hubert Pierlot
Two Released On Bail For Hearings Later
Paul W. Fogle, 125 West Fifth Street, arrested on a warrant Friday by Deputy Sheriff R. Paul Buhrman, arraigned before Magistrate Edward J. Smith, released on $1,000 bond for February grand jury action. Alleged attempted assault occurred November 18 at Fogle's home. Mamie L. Burrisa of Pearl Kemptown released on $1,000 bond by Magistrate Smith for February grand jury action on bigamy charges after several days in jail.
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Paul W. Fosle
West Fifth Street
R. Paul Buhrman
Edward J. Smith
Fogle
Mamie L. Burrisa
Pearl Kemptown
Smith
Buhrman
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Next of Kin’ Club
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Saar River
20Th Air Force
Halsen
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