New Salvage Center Opens to Reclaim Scrap Metal
The Third Service Command Salvage Segregation Center in Frederick is ready for full operation under Major General Milton A. Reckord. The first 70 ton load arrived for processing to reclaim metal for Army and industrial use, with ferrous and non ferrous separation and sale to scrap dealers.
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Third Service Command
Army
Milton A. Reckord
Service Command
Leonard Abrams
Reckord
Stuart C. Hopper
Supply and Service Division
Baltimore
War Department
Frederick
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company
Braddock Heights
Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
House Unemployment Insurance Bills Offered in Congress
Bills introduced in both Houses propose unemployment insurance from 15 to 25 dollars weekly plus social security credits as out of service benefits for servicemen and women. A Swift committee action is promised on a plan to grant 300 dollars in mustering-out pay for officers up to army captain or navy lieutenant junior grade, with Roosevelt pressing for federal support.
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Washington
Congress
America
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Conduct Unbecoming An Officer Charged
City Police manager L Mills faces charges of conduct unbecoming an officer referred to the Police Commission for action. Mayor Hugh V Gitlinger notes the nature of the charges, Chief Fred M Gilliager seeks a speedy hearing, and Commission recommendations return to the Board of Aldermen for final disposition. Mills has surrendered police equipment and is removed from active duty pending case decision.
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L. Mills
Municipal Police Commission For Action
Hugh V. Gitlinger
Natore
A.ey
Fred M. Gilliager
Police Commission
Board of Aldermen
Millis
Soft Coal Operators Wage Contract Talks Begin
In Washington on November 26, Soft coal operators and union leaders from every coal region met to finalize a wage contract. Mines owned by steel companies ended their holdout and joined negotiations between John L Lewis and operators. Harry Moses of H. C. Frick Coal Company attended at the Interior Department after an appeal from Secretary Ickes.
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Washington
John L Lewis
Harry Moses
U.S. Steel
H. C. Frick Coal Company
Ickes
Interior Department
OPA Tightens Rules On De Luxe Services
The Office of Price Administration broadened rules to curb \"De Luxe\" services by laundries shoe repair shops and similar firms under price ceilings. New grounds allow dropping cheaper services only for four reasons including unavailable equipment or government orders. The agency cites examples parking lot rates and photographers refusing small prints to justify price hikes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fifth Warship May Be Last Advance Base in Solomons
Japanese losses in the second Naval battle of the Northern Solomons include four destroyers sunk by American forces southeast of Rabaul near New Britain. A fifth ship was crippled and last seen burning, with survivors reported. A sixth vessel was hit but escaped. Our destroyers suffered no damage. Leaders MacArthur and Halsey announced four ships sunk and one damaged or possibly sunk.
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Solomon Islands
Solomons
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
St George Channel
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey, Jr
German Evacuees To Be Sent To Holland
Utrecht, a Dutch city of about 165000 before the war, is being emptied of inhabitants to make room for Germans bombed out of their homes, according to Vrij Nederland, a Dutch newspaper published in London.
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London
Netherlands
Utrecht
Vrij Nederland
Operating Revenues Up for October 1943 Baltimore
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reported October operating revenues of 43,432,541 dollars, up 81,912,754 from October 1942, while net income after charges totaled 2,500,965 dollars, down 1,882,194 from the same month in 1942.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
40th Division Joins Battle In Italy With Fifth Army
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports the American 45th Division, once part of the Seventh Army, has joined the Fifth Army in Italy. The Fighting 45th helped roll back German counterattacks after the Salerno bridgehead, with battles across Sicily and North Africa noted. Rail lines to the Italian front were disrupted by persistent bombing, and Allied air forces supported the Eighth Army along the Sangro river amid harsh weather.
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Algiers
Seventh Army
George & Patton
Sicily
Fifth Army
Italy
Salerno
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
North Africa
Eighth Army
Sanfro
Haly
Adriatic
Air Force
Apennine
Bologna
Florence
Rome
Genoa
Leghorn
Rimini
Ancona
Pescara
Sangro River
Casoli
Restrictions Ease On Sale Of Office Size Typewriters
Washington November 26 The Office of Price Administration announced eased rationing for used typewriters. Beginning December 1 office-size machines manufactured since 1935 may be rented with or without rationing certificates, priority still to essential war work. Unrestricted sale also allowed for office-size typewriters built before 1924, previously limited to those made before 1915. portable typewriters made before 1940 also released.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dates for validity of stamps announced
Washington announces that Green stamps D E and F in variation book four will be valid for processed food purchases from December 1 through January 20. Stamps A B and C in the same book, valid since November 1, remain good through December 20 with the usual overlap period.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Government to raise corn ceiling price nationwide
Washington announces a forthcoming increase in the ceiling price on corn to spur movement from the Midwest toward feed shortage regions in the east south and far west. The move aims to ease shortages by shifting supply to regions with greater demand.
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Washington
Midwest
Nine More Jap Merchant Ships Sunk By U S Sub
Washington reports US submarines sunk nine more Japanese ships in the Pacific, raising total to 505 sunk or probably sunk by undersea craft. The latest tally includes seven medium freighters, one tanker, and one medium plane transport sunk at undisclosed points. Overall Japanese vessels sunk by all US weapons reach 745 since the war began, with 505 credited to submarines, 36 probably sunk and 115 damaged. Navy communique No 486 notes additional sinkings in the Pacific and Far East not previously announced.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Navy
Far East
Fourth Of Berlin Destroyed By RAF Raids
Stockholm reports German officials acknowledge a quarter of central Berlin damaged in RAF raids Monday and Tuesday. Swedish engineer Lundquist and explosives expert Maj Olof Nordzell estimate center destruction at 50 to 100 percent with about 90 percent fire caused damage. They note bread and milk shortages, homeless crowds, and busy fire crews as Berlin’s debris-littered streets cope with the blitz.
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Stockholm
Tidningen
Berlin
RAF
Lund Lundquist
Olof Nordzell
Sweden
Lundquist
Hamburg
Good Neighbor Policy Termed Boondoggling
Vice President Butler criticized the Good Neighbor policy after a 26,000 mile tour of Latin America. He described U S aid as naive and badly coordinated and urged a shift to technical assistance and cultural contact. He estimated six billion dollars spent and warned of graft, wage inflation, and future unemployment when aid ends.
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Washington
United States
Butler
R-Neb
Senate Today
Sutler
Nebraskan
U. S
Buller
U.S
Morgenthau to press tax plan after House trim
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau vows to press a tax program totaling about ten and a half billion dollars, despite House approval of a scaled back measure, now estimated at 2.14 billion, with Senate approval anticipated. The battle centers on funding and fiscal policy as the administration pushes for broader revenue measures.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate
Market Overfed in Post Thanksgiving Trading Dip
New York November 28 The stock market and most Wall Street traders opened after the Thanksgiving recess with a slow broad decline. The market showed signs of fatigue as a slightly fixed opening set the tone for a weaker session.
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New York
Wall
Japs Facing Annihilation Near Changteh
A Chinese communique reports Japanese forces encircled near Changteh in Hunan, claiming over 5,000 enemy troops annihilated. Japanese units, aided by air and artillery, reportedly used poison gas as they pressed the gates of Changteh, with four high officers killed.
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Chungking
Upa
Changteh
Hunan
Changsa
Changthh
Chiang Kai-Shek
RAF Planes Hit Frankfurt in Night Bombing Blitz
RAF heavy bombers supported by fighters struck targets around Frankfurt on the Main in nocturnal raids. Berlin shelters were hit in two saturation raids, causing panic and casualties. Air Marshal Harris said the battle of Berlin will continue until Nazi Germany ceases to exist. Goering urged workers at Essen to endure a few more days as Germany plans a renewed aerial onslaught.
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Germany
English Channel
Imarning
Stockholm
Archclair
Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Berlin
Nazi Germany
Sinclair
Harris
Essen
England
Britain
Cold Night Follows Mild Thanksgiving
The city observed Thanksgiving amid cold weather with a high of 39 degrees and light activity. Streets were quiet as many stayed home for dinners, transport slowed, and a chill drop to 22 degrees overnight brought a sharp decline in temperature.
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Jit Caurene
Wamkeeekl
Warne
Liberator Bombers Collide Near Liberal Army Airfield
Two four engine Liberator bombers collided and crashed northeast of Liberal on Thursday afternoon, killing all eleven crew members. The incident was reported by the Liberal Army Airfield authorities.
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Wiveral
Kas
Here
String Beans and Tomatoes Released for Sale
The War Food Administration announced the release of 2,600,000 cases of canned string beans and tomatoes for civilian sale under rationing rules. These items had been set aside for a provisional reserve and are now made available as they are not required by the armed forces.
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Washington
New Footh
War Food Administration
Bill Calls for 300 Mustering Out Pay For Veterans
May of the House Military Committee announced a bill to pay a maximum 300 mustering-out allowance to service members with six months or more in service and not above captain or lieutenant (senior) in the Navy. The plan scales 200 for four to six months, 100 for under four months, with immediate first 100 and the rest in two monthly installments. Surviving spouses, minor children, or parents of December 7 1941 discharged personnel would receive pay after enactment. The proposal totals about 3 billion dollars, based on 10 million eligible personnel, and aims to align with White House goals for unemployment compensation and security credits.
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Washington
May D.kyt
House Miliary Committee
May
Housewell
Congress
White House
Army
Navy
Honorable Discharge Buttons Soon Available
Washington announces honor able discharge buttons will be distributed nationwide to soldiers and women who served honorably since September 9, 1939. The plastic buttons feature an eagle within a circle and will be given to all eligible veterans.
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Washington
Stimson
Allied Planes Raid Island of Formosa
About 20 Allied planes raided Shinchiku on Formosa, as reported by Tokyo radio via the U.S. foreign broadcasts intelligence. Three planes were shot down by Japanese naval fighters in the engagement broadcast today from New York dated November 26.
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New York
Shinchiku
Formosa
Tokyo Radio
U.S
Foreign Broadcast Inteligence Service
Nazis Abandon Key Bastion in White Russia
Berlin claims German forces evacuated Gomel amid reports of its fall to Soviet troops. Moscow battleside lines report a deep Soviet push toward Minsk across the Dnieper, with over 2,000 German deaths and towns liberated as rail links near Rozovo and Kalinkovichi are severed.
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London
Berlin
Ascacaied
Russia
Dnieper
International Information Bureau
Navi Propaganda Agency
Stockholm
Gomel
Moscow
Minsk
Propoisk
Smolensk - Gomel
Poland
Red Army
Zhiobin- Kalinkovichi
Rechitsa
Rozovo
Zherd
Ostankavichi
Korelli
Nikolai Vatulin
Fuey
Kremenchug
Federal to pay Frederick County for Montevue sewer line use
The U S government will pay Frederick County a flat 8600 to cover use and upcoming repairs of the Montevue sewer line for Camp Detrick during wartime and six months after. Final repair costs were about 450, with Waesche Co. handling leaks. An agreement is expected soon, with water use already granted at no charge. The city negotiates sewer disposal terms with federal authorities based on annual charge.
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Frederick County
Montevue
Camp Detrick
L R. Waesche
Grove Boulevard
Montevue Springs
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Navy Department
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Ruth Rebecca Kemp
Alton Bennett
Plaintff
William M Storm
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Capital
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Ney
Robert Jackson
Williams
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