Heaviest November Rains Fall And Ban Remains In Place
November rainfall peaked with 0.43 inch by 10:15 am at the Frederick weather station boosting the month total to about one inch. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger warned the water ban would not be lifted as Fishing Creek water remains 18 feet below the top, Linganore Creek runs clear, and filtration improvements near completion aimed for full operation by December 15. Weather notes mention intermittent rain, dry woodland, two small forest fires, and a 16 degree Sunday cold snap marking the coldest November day since 1938.
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Hugh V. Gittinger
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Weather Bureau
CAA
Frederick
Linganore
Linganore Creek
Linganogre
Herman Toms
Gambrill Park
Ohio
Toms
Yttle
British Outflank Faenza to Lamone River Front
British troops reached the Lamone river three miles southwest of Faenza near the Bologna Rimini highway, with Belvedere village taken. Germans reportedly preparing a new main delaying position as House-to-house fighting looms. Other British units moved northwest from Eda, occupying Scaldino and reaching Alboreto between the Lamone and Roine rivers.
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Rome
Po Valley
Faenza
Lamone
Bologna-Rimini
Belvedere
Eda
Scaldino
Alboreto
Lamon
Roosevelt Signals Possible Vacation Plan
President Roosevelt said he may take a vacation and could go to almost any point. He indicated plans were in flux and he might surprise everyone. He favored another meeting with Churchill and Stalin, likely deferred until early next year.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Churchill
Stalin
Resignation of Secretary Hull Announced
President Roosevelt announced the resignation of Secretary of State Cordell Hull effective upon a successor's appointment. Hull, 79, plans to remain an adviser on foreign policy while continuing medical treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Doctors say recovery would be hindered by cabinet duties. Roosevelt gave no timing on a replacement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Mc. Roosevelt
Hull
Associated Press
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
State Department
Cigarettes Supplied To GIs In Philippines At One Pack Daily
General MacArthur's headquarters reports that GIs fighting in the Philippines receive one pack of cigarettes per man per day. Officers and enlisted men share the same allowance, with no brand preference. The supply, treated as essential as rations, helps morale under fire. Also announced is the Maryland Aviation Commission appointment of William McK. Reber as commission secretary by Governor O'Conor.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
GI Joe
Paris
Europe
Robert O. Russell
Champaign
Reber
Annapolis, Md
Maryland Aviation Commission
William McK. Reber
Civil Aeronautes Administration
Commission
O'Conor
De Gaulle Expected in Moscow Amid French Circles Buzz
Moscow circles reported today they expect General De Gaulle to arrive shortly. The Russian capital and Navy circles noted heightened interest as France and allied nations observe the anticipated visit.
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Degaulle
Moscow
Union Bridge Pilot Downs German Planes Near Budapest
Union Bridge resident Lt. Donald C. Utermahlen and other Lightning pilots of the U S 11th Air Force attacked Hungarian airfield targets yesterday. A flight of German planes preparing to land at Seregelyes air field 35 miles southwest of Budapest was engaged and nine aircraft were destroyed. Utermahlen is credited among the victorious pilots.
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Rome
iPi
U. S. 11Th Air Force
Hungary
Seregelyes Air Field
Budapest
Donald C. Utermahlen
Union Bridge
Bitter Fight Over Draft in Canada Parliament
Ottawa reports a bitter dispute over conscription as Prime Minister King seeks a confidence vote on partial overseas service. Draftees in camps and French speaking regions faced restrictions to curb protests, with tens of thousands in British Columbia home defense braced for demonstrations. Parliament convened amid high tension as King defended wartime policy.
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Ottawa
Canada
WG. Mogkancie
King
House of Commons
Quebec
British Columbia
Parliament Hill
House
Eisenhower Seen Talking With Sgt Shaft In AP Photo
Local readers speculated the man in the foreground of an AP wire photo showing Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower with a 29th Division soldier resembled Sgt Shaft. The image, taken at the front, has no identifications and his wife planned to view the picture and letter dated November 10 indicating he was back in Germany and seeing action.
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AA 29Th Division
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Alton Shaft
Company A
Sgt
Shaff
Eisenhower
Shalf
Sat
Shaf
Germany
Corner Plate For State License Tags Corner Plate For State
Maryland motorists will receive corner plates of the emergency type for license tags. State Motor Vehicles Commissioner W Lee Elgin said the corner plates, black numerals on aluminum, reverse the 1944 full-size design. Maryland could have used full plates this year but steel restrictions delayed them.
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Baltimore
German Boys Fight Hitler Youth Report
A 17 year old German deserter says teenage boys in German cities form gangs that clash with Hitler Youth groups at night using knives and clubs. He reports such activity occurring in cities as World War II disruptions continue. The U S Ninth Army is advancing into Germany as reports of civil unrest surface.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Hitler
U S Heavy Bombers Jump Into Front Line Battle
London reports a major aerial clash as American heavy bombers and fighters, nearly 1,300 strong, raid German rail yards at Offenburg and Bingen near Strasbourg and strike across the Ruhr. RAF sorties against Munich preceded the effort, with heavy losses on both sides and thousands of Allied aircraft active over the Reich during the weekend.
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London
Germany
Offenburg
Blagen
Reich
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Strasbourg
Bingen
Mainz
Rhine Valley
Iital
Ruhr
Munich
Misburg
Air Ministry
Second Tokyo raid by Superforts marks four day cycle
B 29s from India join a two hour Tokyo strike as 20th Air Force reports a second raid in four days led by Col. Waller C. Sweeney Jr. from Saipan. Maj. Robert Sewell Jr. and Brig. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell direct the missions. Tokyo defended with limited damage while bombers press the Musa Shina factory area and surrounding targets. Continued on Page Two.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Navy
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Washington
India
Thailand
America
Gen. Haywood Hansellis
21St Bomber Command
Waller C. Sweeney
Wheeling
W. Va
Sweeney
San Francisco
Robert Sewell, Jr
San Antonio
Tex
Emmett O'Donnell
Jamaica
Loa Mostaf
Batendasville
N. C
Jess
Nakajima Aircraft Company
Musashina
Northwestern
Red Army advances threaten Budapest from Hatvan thrust
Russian forces diverted toward Budapest after Hatvan fell amid a 10 day battle. Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian Army pushed to outflank the capital from the north while a Red formation gained a foothold on Csepel Island. Meanwhile Fourth Ukrainian Army broke a long eastern Slovakia defense, nearing Kasice and Presov. Heavy losses reported on both sides.
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Moscow
Hatvan
Danube
Budapest
Csepel
Rodion Y. Malinaysky
Berlin
Hungary
Type Petroy
Fourth
Slovakia
Michalovee
Humenne
Ungvar
German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen Damaged
London reports said the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, near a Baltic port, was damaged while Russian sources claimed a cruiser was damaged during an evacuation attempt from the Syorbe peninsula. Paris radio, cited by Swedish reports, linked the incident to the 10,000 ton Prinz Eugen.
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London
Nasbee
Paris
Syorbe Peninsula
Associated Press
Union Bridge Soldier Wounded Near Metz
Private Sterling A. Warner of Union Bridge was wounded near Metz France by a German 88 mortar fragment while attacking a village. He is recovering at a United States Army general hospital in England and has been awarded the Purple Heart. Warner recalls the hard barrage but says his unit captured the town. he was evacuated to England for treatment. He served since 1941, wife Helen in Union Bridge, brother Charles with the Air Corps in Tennessee.
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Army General Hospital
England
Metz
France
Sterling A. Warner
Union Bridge
Hospistal
Warner
Stuart A. Winning
Brooklyn
N.Y
Pvt. Warner
Helen
Charles ix
Air Corps
Tennessee
Local Gunner Killed Nazi Saved U S Tank
Private Arthur Morgan of Frederick Maryland, serving with the 1st Armored Division in the Fifth Army, killed a German bazooka gunner at about 30 yards while crouched beside a supporting tank in Italy. Morgan, a combat infantry rifleman, saved the American tank, and is the son of Mrs. Ella Morgan. He worked for the G L Baking Company and attended Brook Hill school in Yellow Springs.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Arthur Morgan
Frederick
Mad
1St Armored
Mark W. Clark
Morgan
Ain
Ella Morgan
G.L. Baking Company
That City
Brook Hill School
Yellow Springs, Md
Demand for Punishment of Guilty in Nazi Crimes
Washington reports Congress demands for severe peace terms and the death penalty for those found guilty of Nazi atrocities. A 25 000 word Refugee Board report details mass killings, gassings at Birkenau, and brutal experiments, urging a firm postwar response to ensure Nazis cannot pose again.
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Washington
Congress
Geremans
Senate
House
Charman Bloom
D-Ny
Europe
Poland
Birkenau
Explosion Kills 20 at munitions dump near Burton-on-Trent
An explosion at a munitions dump near Burton-on-Trent England killed at least 20 people today with several injured and many still unaccounted for hours after the blast. Buildings as far as Coventry about 30 miles away were shaken by the blast. NEAR NORMAL SHEETS Washington Nov 27 Production of high grade soft coal expected to meet 90 percent of normal heating needs this winter per Solid Fuels Administration latest.
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Burton-on-Trent
Eng
Here
Coventry
Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Americans Reach 23 Miles Inside Germany Near Cologne
Allied dispatches report First Army forces advancing to Frenz 11 miles inside Germany and 23 miles from Cologne while Third Army drives 19 miles into the Saar region. Hurtgen forest fighting continues as Patton’s troops push toward Strasbourg and the Vosges with air support and heavy shelling.
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London
First Army
Frenz
Germany
Cologne
Third
Reich
Saarland
Courtney He Hodges
Tlurtgen
Hurtgen
Saar
George
Patton
Third Army
Sao Sorlor
Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Savles
Rhine
Vosges
Ste. Marie
St. Die
Aachen
U.S
First
Ninth
Roer
Julich
Buren
Maginot
Venlo
Ruhr
Maas River
Wurm
Geilenkirchen
Alsace
Nev
Petain
Kieber
France
Wilhelm Ullersperger
System
Franz Waterbot
Staf
Willing Kaiser
Ninth Army
William H. Simpson
Texas Bill
Roer River
Koslar
Two Japanese Light Cruisers Hit by U S Bombs
Shangking November 27 Two Japanese light cruisers were damaged when a U S Liberator attacked an enemy convoy entering the South China Sea Saturday night Maj Gen Albert C Wedemeyer's headquarters announced. The action occurred northeast of Tourang on the French Indo China coast with one cruiser taking two direct hits. In the same area another B 24 sank an enemy submarine chaser in a separate action.
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Shangking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
South China Sea
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Tourang
Indo- China
Baile’s Europe tour from a New Windsor soldier
Nathan J. Baile, son of Mr and Mrs John Baile of New Windsor, writes from Europe about his role transporting officers after a leg injury. He travels through Paris Belgium and Germany, recalls Belgian dinners with a butcher’s steak, and notes language barriers yet rapport with locals. He misses German buzz bombs and reunites briefly with a Carroll County boy in Belgium.
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Europe
Deha Baile
New Windsor
Pfe
Nathan J. Baile
Paris
Belgium
Germany
John W. Molesworth
Washington Street
Baile
John §. Baile
J. David Baile
Medford
115Th Infantry
Ner
Pfc
Phc
England
Carroll County
Two Local Boys In Same Prison Camp
Two Frederick boys share a German prison camp experience during World War II. Grayson Leroy Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy J. Faes, has been in the Army since March 14, 1943. Pte. C. Ev. Bowers, former Buckingham School boy and brother of Mrs. Anthony Main, was taken prisoner on D-Day. Fisher has served since 1943 and Bowers since 1941. Both report they are well, happy, and expect to be home soon.
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Frederick
Germany
Grayson Leroy Fisher
Guy Jv. Fae
Pte
C. Ev. Bowers
Buckingham
Anthony Main
Pvt. Fisher
Pfe. Bowers
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Kasice
Presav
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Hochih
Linehow
Kae ' Province
Cina
Kweichow
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Downing Street
Hodges
Hurtgen Forest
Seventh
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
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