Exiled Polish Government Faces Impossible Negotiations
Moscow reports through Pravda that the Polish government in exile is now a hostile force, blocking any future talks. Pravda accuses Polish leaders of a plot to split the Allies and trigger new war, while Mikolajczyk’s withdrawal is seen as ending hopes for rapprochement. The Soviet-backed Committee of National Liberation strengthens its grip over liberated Poland. London reports Jan Kwapinski’s resignation as premier designate, with Areiszewski named to form a new cabinet, amid uncertain confirmation.
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Moscow
Russia
Pravda
Kwapinski
London
Jan Kwapinski
Tomasz Areiszewski
Socialist Party
Areiszewski
Poland
Rackiewicz
Refuses To Testify Against Her Husband In Court
A wife who told Sheriff Horace M. Alexander that her husband knocked her unconscious refused to testify against him in Police Court before Magistrate Alien Y. Bennett. Turner, of near Whippoorwill Hollow east of Frederick, faced an assault charge. he had a six month suspended sentence. The couple brought six children, one two weeks old, one barefoot, and the magistrate suggested Childrens Aid Society scrutiny. Turner, represented by Sherman P. Bowers, pleaded not guilty. He is a ship yard worker.
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Horace M. Alexander
Alien Y. Bennett
Owas
Robert Turner
Whippoorwill Hollow
Frederick
Children’s Aid Society
Turner
Alexander
Paul B. Rhoads
Sherman P. Bowers
Melvin M. Baker
Poliie
Bennett
Worman
May Have To Abandon Search For Bodies
A veteran rescue worker after more than 36 hours at the Burton-on-Trent bomb depot scene warned that rescue efforts might be halted as reaching buried men seems hopeless. He estimated thousands of tons of earth cover the miners and galleries, requiring weeks to reach some sites. Only a few bodies were recovered during all-night labor. the death toll could exceed 160.
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Burton-On-Trent
Eng
Physelai
Draftees In Canada Still Make Protest
Ottawa reports reveal Canada's conscription crisis deepens with a secret session of Parliament as 16 000 draftees are slated for overseas service. In Terrace British Columbia a mutinous stand by French speaking troops halted entraining and sparked tense clashes with English speaking units.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pacific Coast
Defense
A. G. L. McNaughton
Vancouver
R. R. Pearkes
Terrace
British Columbia
King
W. Y. Mackenzie King
U S Planes Over Tokyo Reported Again
Tokyo Radio said American bombers shadowed the Japanese capital this morning, with a minor formation penetrating the area before noon. The report notes Japanese defenses giving hot reception to raiders as of November 29. Also pictured: Charles F. Wagaman of Lantz, a First Battalion driver in the 168th Infantry, cited for the Distinguished Unit Citation for seizing German positions on Mt Pantano, Italy, aiding the Fifth Army drive to the Rapido valley.
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Associated Press
Radio
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Pie
Charles F. Wagaman
Lantz
168Th Infantry
Mt. Pantano
Italy
Fifth Army
Rapido River
Pic
Church on Trial with Service Men in Maryland Rally
Rev. Ben F. Wyland urged Frederick and Maryland churches to establish counseling centers and ministerial associations to support returning service members. He warned the church’s treatment of soldiers now will shape postwar aid and urged more home invitations for servicemen and families. Continued on Page Three.
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Frederick
Maryland
Ben F. Wyland
Baltimore
Haizon
Department of Christian Ministry
Mr. Wyland
Russians Drive West as Soviets Sweep Slovakia and Hungary
News reports from Moscow say the Red Army advanced through eastern Slovakia capturing nine communities and pushing toward Pecs and Dukla Pass in Hungary, with 14 more towns taken on the northern Tisza bank. The front extended 110 miles with renewed winter offensives anticipated. a Hitler proclamation was broadcast amid European unrest and Belgian resistance calls for a nation wide strike gathered little response.
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London
Carpathians
Red Army
Slovakia
Moscow
Hungary
Tisza
Berlin
Boy
Danube
Mohats
Budapest
Pecs
Vesni Svidnik
Dukla Pass
Nyiregvhaza
Tizsa
Balkans
Marshall Stalin
Christmas Gift Drive For Hospitalized Servicemen
Francis Scott Key post of the American Legion urges merchants and citizens to buy an extra Christmas gift for a wounded or hospitalized service member. Buyers leave gifts at the store, with Legion committees picking up and packing boxes by the auxiliary, aiming for each recipient to receive a five dollar gifts box on Christmas Day. The national program directs delivering these boxes to hospital-bound personnel in the Western Maryland district.
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Francis Scott Key
Mittes
Auxiliary
The
Legion
Maryland
Four Suits Consolidated Over Damages In Auto Crash Case
Four related car crash cases were consolidated for jury trial before Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer in Circuit Court. Emory B Slifer sues Cecil K Hotter and Cecil K Hotter Jr for 2500 dollars while Hotter seeks 1200 for himself and National Grange Mutual Liability Co. and two more suits claim 1000 dollars each for Cecil Holter Sr s sons John and Cecil Jr. Slifer alleges he was driving on his extreme right side toward Middletown when the Hotters crossed the center line causing serious injuries including shock a bruised arm and two broken ribs from the January 19 1942 collision. The Holters contend Slifer veered into their path while they were on their side of the road. Attorneys Holden Felton for Slifer and W Clinton McSherry for the Holters.
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Jefferson-Middletown
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Emory B. Slifer
Cecil K. Hotter
Cecil K. Hotter, Jr
National Grange Mutual Liability Company
Cecil K. Holter, Jr
John A. Holter
Slifer
Jefferson
Middletown
Notterial
Canadee
Holters
Cecil Jr
John
Middledown
Holden 5
Felton
W. Clinton McSherry
The
Holiers
Oil Targets Struck Again in Major Allied Raid
London reports over 1,000 heavy bombers and 1,006 American fighters attacked northwestern Germany targets including the Misburg oil refinery and Hamm rail yards. Fortresses and Liberators, escorted by Mustang, Thunderbolt and Lightning fighters, dropped almost 4,000 tons on 30 miles of Hamm yards and the Misburg refinery near Hannover.
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London
Germany
Misburg
Hamm
U. S. Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Hannover
More Lemons Available Middle Of Next Month
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture explains lemon supply will improve by mid month as new crop lemons reach markets. Last year’s flu epidemic and Florida hurricane reduced stocks. California grows most fruit, and a hot lemonade market drew lemons from storage. Also notes snow in West Point Mississippi with light accumulation.
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Washington
Florida
Department of Agriculture
Department
Food and Home Notes
California
Fon Fi
Light sleet in mountains near Garbrill State Park
Light sleet and heavy mist spread from the mountains toward Garbrill State Park as precipitation loomed. Linwanore Creek remained muddy and water pumping operated only at partial capacity. Storage reservoir levels leveled off after a six inch rise while creek flow began to diminish. No snow reported in western Maryland at noon. city weather station recorded 98 degrees at 11 44 a m.
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Garbrill State Park
Linwanore Creek
William J. Davis
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Maryland
Cumberbatomas AH
Dade Akpee
Col Roosevelt to wed actress in Beverly Hills
Col Elliott Roosevelt announced through a spokesman that he and Faye Emerson will marry within a week in Beverly Hills California. Emerson, a blonde movie actress, is the betrothed partner in the planned ceremony.
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Col. Roosevelt
Beverly Hills
Calif
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Two Nominations Approved By Senate Committee
Washington report notes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously recommended Edward R. Stettinius Jr. for Secretary of State and approved Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley as ambassador to China.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Best in the News from W C Main Letter Home
In a Paterson New Jersey letter to a serviceman, W C Main sends a clipping from the Frederick News praising its detailed account of a Japanese landing near the recipient’s island. He notes radio reports and small items in other papers but calls the Frederick paper the most enlightening.
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W.C. Main
Paterson
N. J
Frederick News
Frederick
Churchill warns war may last longer than expected in war update
Lorton November 20 Prime Minister Churchill warned that the war with Germany could extend beyond his earlier forecast of an early summer end. He addressed Parliament noting Antwerp port has opened easing sea supply for Allied forces in Britain and the United States. He praised western front gains and warned a major German breakthrough near Cologne would have high strategic consequences while urging continued reinforced British forces and Allied resolve.
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Lorton
Churchill
Germany
Bul
Britain
United Kingdom
Japan
Antwerp
Cologne
Holiday Shopping Hours In Frederick Stores
Frederick dry goods stores plan to stay closed Wednesday afternoons during pre Christmas shopping, except for the final Wednesday before Christmas. Serv-U Save-U grocers will stay open all day on Wednesdays in December, then resume midweek after noon closings in January. Evening hours will run the last week before the holiday.
Gestapo Mass Shootings Reported Against Workers
A Schaffhausen Arbeiter Zeitung dispatch from Germany quotes eyewitnesses claiming Nazi forces executed hundreds of workers. It states 300 workers were shot under Himmler orders after a Mannheim strike amid an Allied air raid, with further killings near Duesseldorf during suppressions.
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Bern
Schaffhausen
Blood Donor Drive Builds Reserve With 153 Pints
Frederick residents mobilized Tuesday to add to the reserve at the Blood Donor station as volunteers queued through late afternoon and evening. The effort aimed to cover potential cancellations today or Thursday, with names still accepted for future mobile unit visits.
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Fredericksonians
Caih
Ninth Army Breaks Resistance In Koslar Takes Jungersdorf
American forces press the German front along the Roer river, taking Koslar after three days of heavy fighting and seizing Jungersdorf. U S units also capture Langerwehe and press toward Cologne as air raids widen along a 26 mile front. Third Army advances within eight miles of Saarbrucken while reports note German withdrawals north of Strasbourg.
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London
Koslar
Jungersdorf
Germaany
Siar
U.S. Third Army
Saarbrucken
Strasburg
Flying Bomb Hits Hospital in Belgium
A German lying bomb struck a U S Army general hospital in Belgium, killing 12 and injuring nearly 50, with about 1,150 patients evacuated. The blast destroyed the laboratory pharmacy section and ripped through walls and roof. Fifteen nurses were sent to a nearby area for shock.
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Belgium
U. S. Army General Hospital
Point Values May Be Same In Food Ration Talks
Washington moves to keep December point values unchanged as OPA and War Food Administration clash over proposed revisions. Stabilization Director Vinson is again mediating, with OPA urging reimposition of meat and some vegetables, while WFA resists adding items to the ration list.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
WFA
Germany
Slow Progress By Allied Armies Near Faenza
The Eighth Army reports heavy resistance as advancing into the Po valley about five miles east of Faenza. South of Faenza, British and Indian troops of the Fifth Army gain high ground west of Modigliana. Strong enemy raids on American Fifth Army positions below Bologna are driven off, according to the communique.
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Rome
uPe
Eighth Army
Fe Og
Pa Wv
Alberta
Faenza
Fifth Army
Modigliana
Boflogna
Three Alarm Fire Destroys Plant in Baltimore
A three alarm fire at the FL, Duvall & Sons food packing plant in Baltimore damaged the facility and destroyed about 40,000 packing baskets. Firemen estimate the damage at over 35000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Fl, Duvall & Sons
Slow Allied Advances Across 25 Mile Front Near Cologne
American forces of the First and Ninth armies push forward along a 25 mile front between Linnich and Hurtgen in the Cologne plain east of Aachen. They fight for every house in mined villages Inden Langerwehe Lamersdorf and Grosshau while facing intricate trench systems and stubborn German resistance.
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Thurtgen
Cologne
Jungersdorf
Duren
Koslau
Julich
Roer
Rhine
Linnich
Hurtgen
Aachen
Inden
Langerwehe
Lamersdorf
Grosshau
Kos
Geos Williamn I
Simpson
Ninth
Courtney H. Modges
Ken
Patton
Berus
Durer
Third
Germany
Besch
Luxembourg
Mulhouse
Burnhaputle Haut
Belfort
Reichswald
Meus
Meuse
Holland
Vento
Roermond
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Dr. Wyland
Religious Council
Opportunity
Reds
Hitler Zondan
Adolf Hitler
Todas
Heinrich Himmler
Volksturm
Munich
Brussels
Resistance Front
Hubert Pierlot
Mississippi
West Point
Miss
Van
Frederick’s
Gestapo
Hodges
Oer
Bitter Baltes
New York
Roer River
Hte
Industrils
Rails
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