Frederick Leader R P Ross Dies At 71 In Home
Richard P Ross a Frederick attorney and prominent local figure died at his home 118 West Church Street at 71 after a brief illness. He chaired the Maryland State School for the Deaf board and led the Mt Olivet Cemetery Company, with long service on the Board of Visitors. He leaves a wife a son a sister and four grandchildren. Snow blanketed western Maryland with 3 inches in Blue Ridge Summit and up to 3 inches in Garrett Allegany and Washington counties as plows were dispatched.
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Richard P. Ross
Frederick
West Church Street
Ross
Mt. Olivet
Potomac Edison Company
Maryland State School For the Deaf
William G. Baker
Citizens’ Track Company
Tter
Mr. Ross
Charles Worthington
Cornelia Ringgold Potts Ross
Frederick College
College of
Lawrenceville
N. J
Jan
Frederick County
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Frederick Lodge
Cornelia McSherry
Hollywood
Calif
Dino McCurdy
Mercer
Ann Dashiell
Harmon-on-Hudson
Kay
Ann Ross
West Point
East Church Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
Gambrill State Park
Frederick City
High Knob
Gambrill Park
Middletown
Blue Ridge Summit
Brunswick
EBL Mkc
Aneemei Wuse
Rohrersville
Washington County
Frostburg
Associated Press
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Hagerstown
Hancock
South Mountain
Garrett County
Lieut Rolph Returns From Southwest Pacific Duty
Lieut Charles E Rolph 24 of Frederick Md arrived at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment after completing a tour outside the continental United States. He served as a B 24 navigator in the Southwest Pacific and is the son of Edward O Rolph of Wilmington Del and husband of Ada E Rolph of Frederick Md.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Charles E. Rolph
Frederick
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station
News-Post Year Book Almanac Suppressed for 1945
Wartime paper shortages force elimination of The News-Post Year Book and Almanac for 1945. The last published edition covered 1942 with almanac features for 1943.
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News-Post
News Post
New Windsor Man Missing After Austria Flight
A War Department telegram confirms First Lieutenant Benjamin Ellsworth Cantwell missing over Austria since November 15. A radar technician and aerial navigator, Cantwell served overseas since May, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on D-Day, and held the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. A Liberty High School class of 1938 and Western Maryland College 1942 graduate, he worked as a research chemist in Baltimore before joining the Army Air Corps and receiving advanced radio training at Langley Field.
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War Department
Howard W. Cantwell
New Windsor
Benjamin _Ellsworth Cantwell
Army Air Corps
Austria
Lieut
Cantwell
France
Liberty High School
Western Maryland College
American Smelting and Refining Company
Baltimore
Air Corps
United States
Seiman Field
Monroe
Langley Field
Oak Orchard
U S Prisoners In Germany Found To Be Humanely Treated
A House Military committee report states American prisoners in Germany are generally humanely treated, with better attention than U S soldiers in many cases. It compares treatment across German Italian and Japanese camps and notes variances in adherence to Geneva conventions.
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U.S
Germany
House
Japan
United States
May
D.-Ky
Washington
Gerrit
Halian
Manchuria
Formosa
Shanghai
Red Cross
Philippines
East Indies
Malaya
Borneo
Mailand
Indo-China
Burma
Hongkong
China
Judge Dies Ends Seven Month Mass Sedition Trial
Judge Edward C. Eicher died at 65 in Alexandria Va ending the seven month mass sedition trial in Federal District Court. The trial had 27 defendants accused of conspiring to disaffect the loyalty of American armed forces and to set up a Nazi government. The jurist’s death means the case must be terminated and the hearing restarted.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
Federal District Court
Eicher
Alexandria
Justice Department
Haan
Crushing Blow Dealt By Air On German Targets
London reports nearly 130 American heavy bombers joined a 48 hour offensive against German rail and oil targets. Raids struck four Leipzig area refineries and Saarbrucken yard complexes while 1000 fighters including Mustangs Thunderbolts and Lightnings provided escort from bases in France and England. Oil plants at Bohlen Merseburg Zeitz and Lutzkendorf near Berlin were hit, with attacks extending to the Saar mining area as part of a sixth major aerial operation in 36 hours.
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London
Leipzig
Saarbrucken
France
England
United States
Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Bohlen
Merseburg
Zeitz
Lutzkendorf
Berlin
Saar
Saar-brucken
Reich
Soldier Irvin J H Shankle Jr Receives Purple Heart
Mrs. Robert Tracey of 331 North Market Street received the Purple Heart for wounds in France awarded to Sgt. Irvin J H Shankle Jr. The War Department letter says injuries occurred September 13, while the family notes mention September 22 and October 24 recovery updates in England after hospital care in Paris.
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Irvin J. H. Shankle
France
Robert Tracey
North Market Street
Tracey
War Department
Shankle
Tre Tracey
Paris
England
Germans Retake Key Positions Near Bologna
German forces recaptured three Fifth Army strong points southeast and southwest of Bologna. Allied HQ said Fifth Army relinquished Monte Castellaro and Monte Grande near Castel San Pietro and lost Corona and Monte Belvedere in the rugged terrain west of the Bologna Pistoia highway.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Monte Castellaro
Monte Grande
Bologna-Rimini
Castel San Pietro
Bologna-Pistoia
Germany
Corona
Monte Belvedere
Fifty Cars Burned In Cumberland Garage Fire
About 30 privately owned automobiles were destroyed early Thursday in a fire that razed the Ghi San garage in Cumberland. Four fire companies battled the blaze for two hours before gaining control. The origin of the flames was undetermined.
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Cumberland
Fedar Sy Dire
Ghi- San
House panel votes to freeze Social Security tax
Washington reports the House Ways and Means committee voted 17 to 7 to freeze the Social Security tax, which would have doubled automatically. The action aims to prevent an automatic tax increase affecting workers and employers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Superforts Unscathed In Latest Raid On Tokyo
Wartime bulletin reports all participating B-29s returned to base after the third Tokyo raid with two bombers lost in the three attacks. Returning airmen described meager anti-aircraft fire and clouds hiding results. General Arnold framed the campaign as disrupting Japan’s war effort, with fires ignited in Tokyo and strategic targets attacked.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
20Th Air Forces
Japan
Wea
U.S
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Kansas City
Kunicki Koiso
Lend Lease Halved After Nazi Defeat Premier Says
Britain's Prime Minister told the House that postwar lend-lease would be cut about half after Germany's defeat and Britain would pay cash for American materials for export. He urged planning certainty for exporters and emphasized lend-lease's limited wartime purpose. Washington announced a 40 percent cut in 1945 lend-lease shipments to Britain, with iron and steel deliveries halted from January 7 to aid reconversion.
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London
Maris Chywelid
Fackie
Germany
Britain
Brotlind
Commons
United States
Churchill
England
America
Roadstead
Tuich
House
Washington
Flame-Throwers and Tanks Drive U S Break in Roer Line
Reds report Ninth Army seized Lindern and Beeck as part of a broad offensive north of the Roer River. First Army cleared Lamersdorf and Grosshau near the Hurtgen forest. Third Army advanced toward the Saar while Seventh Army pressed along the Alsace frontier.
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London
Ninth Army
Lindern
Roer River
Cologne
Dusseldorf
U. S. First Army
Lamersdorf
Grosshau
Dank Hurtgen Forest
Lindertz
Ruberty
Munchen Ghulbach
Duesseldorf
Lindern and
Beeck
U.S. First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Geilenkirchen
12Th Army
Omar Bradley
Normandy
Linnich
Hilga
U. S. Third Army
Saar
Workin le Saar
Merzy
Sarre Union
Roer
Bradley
U.S. 7Th Army
Magenau
Karlsruhe
Alexander M. Patch
Rhine
Strasbourg
Mulhouse
Colmar
Lamerdorf
Merade
Duren
Nuit OL Gerossada
Hmarmardt
Grs
Allied Divisions In Battle Near Aachen Front
Berlin quoted German spokesman stating Gen. Eisenhower committed 70 divisions in the western offensive. DNB dispatch locates the battle near Aachen with fighting across a 16 by 9 mile sector, while Nazi claims of British attacks near Helmond were repulsed before a major offensive.
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London
UPA
Berlin Radio Today
Eenhower
Craat
DNB
Battlefeld
Aachen
Helmond
Casualties Update From Pearl Harbor Through Nov 14
Washington reports total armed forces casualties rising to 536,950 with Navy at 75,892 and Army at 461,058. Weekly changes show Army deaths 89,840 and wounded 254,283, while Navy deaths 29,480 and wounded 32,600. Prisoners and missing figures are also listed, reflecting a broad ongoing toll.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Litines Uleek Lubolus
Stimson
Navy
Yobiug
Auto overturns on Route 249 near Esterio's Inn
Pvt. Jack A. Pappadeas of Camp Ritchie drove a vehicle that skidded on wet roads near Esterio's Inn on Route 249. The auto overturned and was nearly demolished, but the soldier reportedly escaped injury.
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Esterio’s Inn
Jack A. Pappadeas
Camp Ritchie
Roosevelt fires Littell in cabinet reshuffle
President Roosevelt abruptly dismisses Attorney General Norman Littell amid a cabinet reshuffle citing insubordination. The move comes as tensions rise within the administration and signals a purge of dissenting officials.
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Roosevelt
Littell
Washington
Tedeo Department
Norman Littell
Points Unchanged as New Ration Period Opens
Washington on November 30 reported the OPA will keep current food point values unchanged when the next ration period begins next Sunday. The announcement preserves the existing pricing framework for household staples amid ongoing wartime controls.
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Washington
OPA
Foreign Countries Seek U S Loans Expansion Planned
Washington on November 30 a Dean senate assistant secretary of e disclosed that the United States already had requests for loans from several foreign governments. He proposed expanding the credit facilities of the Export-Import Bank to handle them.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of E
United States
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