Linganore Water Plant Runs at Reduced Rate After Rain
Water plant at Linganore resumed partial operation at 7 30 am using a sub normal pumping rate due to muddy Linganore Creek from heavy rains. Residents warned of cloudiness and taste as water passes through a temporary mixing basin.
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Frederick
Linganore
Linganore Creek
William J. Davis
Singanore
Gides
Fishing Creek
Singapore Creek
Frank Weddle
Weddle
Singapore
Davis
Mr. Davis
Braddock Heights Soldier Seriously Ill in England
Staff Sgt. Robert C. Sorrentino Jr a gunner on a Flying Fortress with the Eighth Air Force in England has been seriously ill since November 19 a War Department telegram said His wife and daughter live with his parents in Braddock Heights The last letter from him was written November 17 at his bomber base in England and he was then well Sorrentino has served 25 months in the Air Forces overseas since May earning the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and a squadron citation Meanwhile unofficial reports peg fatalities from a Midlands bomb dump explosion at 100 to 250.
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Robert C. Sorrentino, Jr
Eighth Air Force
England
War Department
Daphne Sorrentino
Robert C. Sorrentino
Braddock Heights
Sorrentino
Campaign fund totals in Frederick county election drive
Frederick county Republican campaign treasurer Benjamin L. Shuff filed a report with the circuit court showing receipts of 5349 dollars and a 209.77 dollar balance. Major expenditures included auto hire across precincts, headquarters, advertising, and salaries. Notable contributors include Congressman J Glenn Beall with 500 dollars and a long list of individual donors led by 100-dollar plus gifts from several residents and small sums from many others.
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Dewey
Benjaminl. Shuff
Republican Central Committee
Frederick County
Maryland Committee
Baltimore
Woman's Republican Club
Republican State Central Committee
J. Glenn Beall
U. G. Bourne
Colored Republican Club
Congressman Beall
William A. Riddell
Kingman Brewster
Jacob Rams
Fisher son recovering from wounds at Naval Hospital
Mr and Mrs BE J Fisher of this city report from the Naval Hospital in Newport Rhode Island that their son Coxswain Earl Johnson Fisher Sr is resting comfortably and on the road to recovery from a dislocated hip and facial lacerations sustained in sea service. He writes he will soon be out and ready to return to his ship.
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BE. J. Fisher
U.S. Naval Hospital
Newport
R. 1
Earl Johnson Fisher
Bomb Flight Leader Reports Tokyo Raid News to Wife
Major Robert K. Morgan, commander of the B 29 Dauntless Dotty and former Memphis Belle pilot, writes home from Saipan about leading the Tokyo raid. He describes the mission as thrilling, lighter opposition, and praises his crew while dedicating the effort to his wife Dorothy and daughter Sandra Lea. The Associated Press relays the letter, and Morgan notes plans for future raids as he returns to base.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Navy
Robert K. Morgan
Tokyo
Associated Press
Dorothy
Weaverville Road
Asheville
N.C
Morgan
Dst
Major Morgan
Japan
Dauntless
Delly
John
John A. Corvall
Fredericktown
Porn
Cox
Leonard Cox
Tulsa
Okla
Joe Baird
Tempe
Ariz
O'Donnell
Emmett O'Donnell
Jamaica
N. Y
Darling
Sandra Lea
Germany
Mount Fuji
Maye Wal Ae Wee
Leonard
Dorothy Morgan
Cable
Allied Vessels Lost In War Reach 5 198 In 1942 43 Totals
Washington reports official tallies show Allied and neutral losses through 194? totaling 5 758 vessels and 22 161 000 gross tons. United States losses reached 753 vessels totaling 3 311 000 gross tons. US ship production offset losses with about 30 000 000 deadweight tons built. 1942 losses were severe, 1 859 vessels, 8 348 000 tons, with 422 American ships. By 1943 construction surged to 19 238 826 deadweight tons, about 13 000 000 gross tons, yielding a favorable balance and optimism for 1944.
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Washington
Office of War
Britain
United States
United Nations
War Shipping Administration
Maritime Commission
Pfc. Lee Wounded In Action In Germany
Pfc. William F Lee husband of Mrs Charlotte Fritz Lee and son of Mr and Mrs Webb Lee of Adamsstown Route 2 was slightly wounded in action in Germany November 8 Official notice came through the War Department last Wednesday He is with the infantry in Maj Gen Courtney H Hodges First Army and overseas about three months He is father of a young son and daughter and his status is currently unknown.
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Pic
William F. Lee
Charlotte Fritz Lee
Webb Lee
Adamstown
Route 2
Germany
War Department
Pfc
Lee
Infantry
Courtney H Hodges
Compliance push earns highest price control compliance
The State Office of Price Administration credited a series of meetings held in Baltimore on November 26 with improving relations between grocers and consumers, noting the highest compliance record since price control began.
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Baltimore
State Office of Price Administration
Japs Lose 13 Planes In Striking At Saipan
Japanese fighters bombed and strafed the Saipan base in two waves, destroying at least seven Allied aircraft and forcing evacuations. American pilots and anti aircraft gunners fought back, with several Japanese planes shot down. One enemy crewman bailed out near Tinian as a Zero was downed near Saipan.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
Haywood Stansell, Jr
21St Bomber Command
Tinian
Thunderbolt
Stanley J. Lustic
Elbert
WV. Va
County-Wide Rally Of Church Workers Tonight
Dr Ben F Wyland, coordinator of church and armed forces cooperation in Baltimore, speaks on Religious Education and the Returning Service Men at a county rally of church workers in the Centenn ial Memorial United Brethren church auditorium at 730 pm. The Frederick County Council of Religious Education sponsors the event to ready churches for the postwar task after more than a million service members have been discharged. The council also holds its annual dinner meeting and election at 615 pm in the Francis Scott Key hotel main dining room, with Dr Wyland as guest.
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Ben F. Wyland
Baltimore
Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church
Frederick County
The Yanks Are Coming From Washington Report
Washington officials forecast intensified air strikes over Japan by Superfortress bombers. A Twentieth Air Force spokesman stated attacks on key Japanese industrial targets will increase in weight and frequency from the present position.
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Washington
Japan
Twentieth Air Force
England's Casualties In Five Years Reported
A joint Washington London white paper estimates England suffered 733,030 war casualties in five years. Civilian deaths near 57,208 with armed forces casualties at 563,112 and 176,081 killed. Shipping losses reach 11,500,000 gross tons. 28,024 merchant seamen killed and 4,174 interned.
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England
Britain
Washington
London
Great Britain
Britain says ammunition sufficient for war effort
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain has considerable reserves of ammunition and may improve output. He cited factory workers and varying German resistance duration while noting Burma front transport as a constraint. The answer covered all theaters of war and hinted at postwar national service. A separate brief notes a rubbish fire at the Southern restaurant on North Market Street with minor damage and prompt extinguishment. Idle funds flowed into shares in New York as investors bought favorites despite steady overall market.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Japan
Germany
North Market Street
Streetcar Strike Shuts Brussels Into Foot Transit
BrusselsNovember 28 workers halted streetcars demanding the resignation of the Pierlot government. The city of roughly one million residents was left with only foot transportation as lines stopped across the capital.
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Brussels
Brusses
Pierlot
French Forces Report Rhine Crossing North of Strasbourg
Third Army infantry push centers on the western front with gains near Saarbrucken. American Seventh Army spearheads advance through the Saverne Gap toward Strasbourg while fighting rages along the Roer river and Hurtgen region. Germans defend the Saar basin as Patton’s Third Army drives toward the German border. Allied pressure rises on the Siegfried Line.
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London
Third Army
Saarbrucken
Rhine
Strasbourg
Ivess
Seventh Army
Saverne Cage
Ninth
Rove River
Roer
Cologne
Kieehbiewe
Julich
Kirechberg Ja
U.S
Hurtgen
Coulestud Forest
Langerwehe
Durean
Grasshaul
Duren Ares
la Rhone-Phine Canal
Alsace
Dannemarie
Vosges
U. SS. Seventh Army
Venlo
Germany
Vlamiteveo
Aachen
Saar
George S. Patton
Saarebourg
Horace L. McBride
Seinghousse
Siegfried Line
Iocus
Breslin
Ruhr
Silesia
Allied Armies Press Advances Across Front in World War II
AP reports on Western Front progress with British Second Army clearing Grubbenvorst pocket. U S Ninth Army reaches the Roer at Kirchberg. First Army advances to Inden. Third Army near Saarbrucken and Saarlautern. Seventh Army tanks pursue Germans near Saareburg. French forces cross Mine river. German forces report Belfort Gap being disrupted. divisions and infantry actions listed across Alsace and Saarland arenas.
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Associated Press
Second Army
Grubbenvorst
Vento
U. S. Ninth Army
Roer
Kirchberg
Cologne
U.S. First Army
Inden
U. S. Third Army
Saarbrucken
Saarlautern
U. S
Seventh Army
Saareburg
French War Ministry
Liasbourg
French First Army
Belfort
Rhine Rhone Canal
Alsace
29th Infantry Divisions in Bloody Roer Valley Drive
Dispatches report the 29th Infantry Division and two other veteran units leading the Ninth Army offensive into Germany. The 29th moved from Siersdorf toward Setterich amid heavy mining and resistance, with progress described as bloody inches. The 28th and 19th Corps supported the advance after moving from Brest to join the Ninth Army.
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Frederick City
Ninth Army
Germany
St. Lo
Roer
Charles Hiller Gerhardt
Siersdorf
Setterich
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
19Th Corps
Brest
al- Jazid
First
Wat Prouth
Japs Claim Losses In Leyte Gulf Attacks
The Associated Press reports Japan claimed Nipponese flyers damaged three transports and two warships in attacks on Allied ships near Leyte Gulf in the Philippines last Friday night. The unconfirmed claims were broadcast and recorded by the FCC.
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Associated Press
Imperial Communique
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
More Blood Donors Needed in Frederick Visit
Cancellations from bad weather and colds exhausted Frederick Blood Donor Service reserve on the first day of Baltimore unit No. 1 four day visit. Residents asked to call Calvary Methodist church to fill in Wednesday and Thursday slots. 145 donors were secured Monday as schedules moved forward. industries and Hood College reported strong participation. State Police volunteered. H. K. Ferguson Co. at Camp Detrick filled most Thursday slots. county towns continued trips to Frederick for drives.
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Frederick
Industries and Hood College
H. K. Ferguson Constructio Company
Camp Detrick
County
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Midlands
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G.O.P. ‘War Fund
L. Homer Miller
Carl W.snook
A. Hart Etchison
P. D. Kuhn
Eleanor Sappington
A. I Ellin
Harry D. Radcliff
Mary L. McCabe
Ralph Zimmerman
W. H. B Anders
Roy L. Leatherman
Guy Anders
Charles del
George Rothenhoefer
Dr. W. A. R. Bell
Ralph Fellows
Francis Thompson
Carson G. Fraley
C. Albert Gilson
Charles P. Staley
Wilbur Baker
Frank Rothenhoefer
Norman Geiser
Gurney G. Gosnett
H. Frank Foland
Frank Wachter
Joseph R. Harp
Emmett R. Bowlus
Robert B. Crothers
Thomas L. Zimmerman
L L. Wilson
W. E. Ross
Joaquin Ricardo
H. L. Fahrney
Theodore Reeder
Joseph Long
C. C. Klein
Asheville, N. C
Reno
Doris Duke Cromwell
James H. R. Cromwell
William McKnight
Cromwell
New Jersey
Wnat Ee Teaty
Pfc. Lee
Superfort
Commons
House of Commons
New York
Althouth
Storks
Rhone-Rhine Canal
Sar
Saarbrucker
Meidwilling
Fairweiler
Hemmersdorf
Reich
Harry L. Taddlei
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