Turkish Unity Pledge Seen as Prelude to Balkan Smash
London dispatch notes Turkey backs Britain and the United States at Cairo talks. Ankara may issue a formal declaration soon clarifying its war position. Bulgarian and Balkan reactions follow the Cairo communique as Germany weighs possible Balkan moves.
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London
Cairo
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
United States
Balkan
Ismet Inonu
Numan Menemencioglu
Reuters
London Daily Mail
Sofia
Budapest
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Russia
Red Army
U. S
Hitler's Beobachter Predicts Neutrals May Flip Again
Berlin radio quotes Voelkischer Beobachter condemning neutral countries for their reactions to Allied Middle East talks. It says neutrals would perform another about face if political and military circumstances change, noting youthful European powers and silent tolerance of Allied misdeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin Radio Today
Germany
Farmers Get Increase In Price Of Corn
OPA ceiling prices on corn to the farmer in Washington county rose from 1.16 to 1.25 dollars a bushel, announced today. A county miller said the higher price might prompt some farmers to release corn still held, though most farmers have only a half crop this year due to drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington County
Railway Agent Ill At Local Hospital
Howard K. Hawbaker, general agent for the Pennsylvania and the Norfolk and Western railways, was reported fair at Washington County hospital. He was admitted seriously ill on December 5 and retained for observation. The nursing office said he was resting comfortably today.
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Howard K. Hawbaker
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western Railways
Washington County
Hawbaker
Rommel Launches Major Offensive on Yugoslav Front
London reports Axis forces under Rommel have launched a full scale attack against Yugoslav liberated areas. Prijepolje, the Tito headquarters, is said to be under German thrust as heavy fighting rages in south central Bosnia and Hercegovina. Tito claims Partisans killed 200 Germans and seized booty in Croatia while Macedonian troops press German units near Kizevo and Gostivar.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Prijepolje
Josip Broz
Tito
Croatia
Rommel
Greece
Albania
Austria
Bosnia
Hercegovina
Free Yugoslav Radio
Kizevo
Gostivar
Macedonia
Slavonia
Episcopalian Bishop Appointment in Washington Dioceses
The Very Rev. Angus Dun of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge Massachusetts accepted today the appointment as Bishop of the Washington diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Washington
Angus Dun
Episcopal Theological School of
Cambridge
Mass
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sheriff Huyett Marks First Year in Office
Sheriff John B. Huyett observes his first year in office after being sworn in December 1942 and officially assuming duties the next day.
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John B. Huyett
Sheriff Huyett
Mihailovic Will Fight Partisans
Stockholm reports Gen Draja Mihailovic proclaims his Chetniks will fight Tito Partisans as enemies of the Yugoslav government in exile. Partisans announce a provisional Yugoslav government led by Dr Ivan Ribar with Tito as national defense committee head. Mihailovic denies collaboration with Germans Italians or Nedlic forces while serving as war minister to defend the government’s interests.
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Stockholm
Zurich
Dagens Nyheter
Draja Mihailovic
Josip Broz
Tito
Yugoslavia
Peter
Ivan Ribar
Mihailovic
King Peter
Warn Of Excess Charge For Dressing Turkeys
The Price Panel of the local Ration Board warned that no extra charge exceeding 10 cents may be added for cleaning and plucking a turkey. Reports of charges up to 50 cents have reached the panel, and with Christmas purchases underway, the office urged shoppers to refuse higher fees, saying the OPA will back those who resist overcharging.
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OPA
Fire destroys furnace at W. J. Ritenour home
A water pipe blew in the furnace room of the W. J. Ritenour residence at 700 Salem Avenue about 9 PM causing gas and smoke to fill the house. The furnace firebox suffered significant damage.
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W. J. Ritenour
Salem Avenue
Harry Newcomer Confined by Illness in Office
Harry Newcomer, register of wills, remains confined to his room due to the grip. The illness has limited his ability to perform duties, drawing concern from colleagues and prompting staff to cover essential tasks.
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Harry Newcomer
Register of Wills
Yanks Capture Key Summit Of Lofty Camino
Allied Fifth Army reports capture of Mt Camino summit and three villages southwest of Mignano, with Monastery Ridge recaptured in bitter fighting. British and American forces push through the German winter line toward Cassino and Rome as Montgomery’s troops report limited advances near the Moro river and Lanciano is bombarded. Kesselring redirects armor to the 65th Infantry Division. Continued rain slows progress.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Mt. Camino
Mignano
Cassino
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Mt. Maggiore
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Moro River
Albert Kesselring
90Th Armored Grenadier
65Th
Lanciano
Chieti
Wolfe Appointed To City Council
Earl P. Wolfe was appointed to the Hagerstown City Council by Mayor Richard H. Sweeney and unanimously confirmed to fill the late R. Charles Lamar’s unexpired term. Dr. T. A. Chappelear was confirmed for the Park Commission seat left by John S. Kausler’s death, as the Mayor and Council reviewed municipal budgets and approved Light Department and Park Commission budgets with Water budget to be considered.
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Earl P. Wolfe
Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Wolfe
R. Charles Lamar
Mr. Lamar
T. A. Chappelear
Park Commission
John S. Kausler
Light Department
Water Department
Former Martinsburg Grid Star Missing In Action
Ensign Joe Morrow, Martinsburg High School football star and local figure, is missing in action. A Navy pilot aboard the Liscome Bay, the escort carrier reported sunk during the Gilbert Islands campaign. Morrow also played against Hagerstown High in CVAL and started on Martinsburg basketball, and before service worked for Potomac Light and Power Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Morrow
Martinsburg
Liscome Bay
Gilbert Islands
Morrow
Hagerstown
C.V.A.L
Potomac Light and Power Company
Man Injured In Fall From Scaffold On Bridge
Russell Hoffman a Frederick county road foreman from Middletown fractured his thigh after an 18 foot fall from a scaffold when an iron brace broke while painting a bridge superstructure. William Smith of Burkittsville, at the opposite end, grabbed another brace and avoided falling.
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Russell Hoffman
Middletown
Frederick County
William Smith
Burkittsville
Husband Has Right To Decide On Visitors
A Tonbridge magistrate ruled that a husband may decide who enters his home, including in laws, as a wife seeking separation faced limits on guests. The bench said a wife must realize the husband is master in his house and may bar overnight visitors like the sister.
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London
Tonbridge
Small Streams At Lowest Now In County
Dreary conditions return as minor streams drop to record lows in Keedysville and surrounding areas. J A Miller reports Little Antietam and Big Antietam are at unprecedented lows, with Taylor's Spring also very low. Underground supplies are stagnant after a dry summer, affecting Hagerstown reservoirs and pushing reliance on the Potomac pumping station. Edgemont reservoir holds 35 million gallons, about a third full, with daily mountain water roughly one million gallons.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Antietam
Mr. Miller
Taylor
Hagerstown
Edgemont
Man Fined After Possessing Tools For Sharpening Saws
Edward Means, 49, Cumberland, arrested on a drunk and disorderly charge, was fined $25 and costs by Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in city court this morning and jailed in default of payment. Police found Means in possession of tools including two sharp flat files he claimed were for sharpening saws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Means
Cumberland
Harry E. Snyder
Means
Plan To Enter FDRs Name In Pennsylvania Test Sentiment
In Harrisburg Democratic leaders propose entering Franklin D Roosevelt in next April's Pennsylvania presidential primary to gauge sentiment for a fourth term The advisory vote does not bind delegates and Pennsylvania holds the second largest delegation The move aims to signal broad support to the national convention backed by State Chairman David L Lawrence and Secretary J Warren Mickle
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Fdr
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Dec
Roosevelt
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
State Committee
J. Warren Mickle
Quake in Ankara region kills 550, Indonesian? Turkish report
An earthquake in the Erban region near the Black Sea coast of North Central Turkey killed about 550 people, according to Cumhuriyet. The dispatch said two townships were almost completely destroyed, though not yet confirmed by Turkish authorities.
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Ankara
Dec
Erban
Black Sea
Turkey
Istanbul
Cumhuriyet
Russians Win Ground as Kiev Bulge Battles Rage On
Russian dispatches report fierce German assaults to defend the Kiev bulge with heavy tank losses on both sides. Soviets make gains southwest of Kremenchug and nearly encircle Znamenka, a key Dnieper Bend rail junction. Rail lines to Znamenka are severed, complicating German supply routes. Sixteen German strongholds fell as Red Army advances pressed south of the city.
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Moscow
Kiev
Chernyakhov-Zorosten
Kremenchug
Znamenka
Dnieper
Fritz von Mannstein
Pantayevka
Alexandriya
Nikolaev
Kirovograd
Tsibulevo
Soil erosion drains county farm income to Potomac
Wilbur Stevenson, Soil Conservation director for Washington county, told the Future Farmers of America at Hagerstown high school that about 7.5 million dollars in annual farm income is lost to soil erosion, with roughly 590 thousand dollars flowing away each year. He warned that fertile topsoil from farm lanes washes into creeks and the Potomac, stripping away the county’s future crop potential due to careless farming practices.
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Washington County
Potomac River
Wilbur Stevenson
Future Farmers of America
Hagerstown High School
Stevenson
Forgotten janitor shocks courtroom with missing prisoner
In New Haven a janitor entering the county building courtroom near midnight heard a man call to be taken to jail. Investigators found a prisoner who had received a three month sentence earlier that day left in the pen without food or water.
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New Haven, Conn
Dec
Kill Big Deer Near Cherry Run
Sears Barnes and Lester Rinsing er shot a deer weighing 235 pounds while hunting near Cherry Run.
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Sears Barnes
Lester Rinsinger
Cherry Run
Cotton crop reports fall from last year
The Agriculture Department announced this year's cotton crop at 11,478,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. This compares with 12,817,000 bales last year and the ten year average of 12,474,000 bales for 1932-34.
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Washington
Dec
Agriculture Department
United States Steel to Negotiate New Labor Contract
Benjamin Fairless, president of United States Steel, announced that Carnegie Illinois Steel and four other subsidiaries will negotiate a new labor contract with representatives of the United Steel Workers of America in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Benjamin ¥. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
Carnegie-,Illinois Steel Corp
United Steel Workers of America
Hurley Nominated for Major General Post in War Agencies
Brig. Gen. Patrick J Hurley former Secretary of War was nominated to be a major general today. He played a principal role in arranging advance plans for the Allied war conferences in Cairo and Teheran.
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Washington
Patrick J Hurley
Cairo
Teheran
Deferred farm workers urged to cut pulp and fuel wood
Washington County Farm Placement office reports a small but steady stream of draft deferred farm workers seeking placement in war industry after harvest. It urges workers to cut pulp and fuel wood to aid shortages, noting earnings can match industrial pay while helping in a critical supply shortage. Decisions rest with the employing farmers who must release workers to industry.
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Washington County
Soil Conservation Service
Wilbur Stevens
Former AFL Official Named In $20 000 Suit
A suit filed in Prince Georges county circuit court seeks the return of $20,000 in union funds from Larry Kelly, former officer of Washington Local No. 74 of the Building Laborers and Hodcarriers Union AFL. The petition claims Kelly used the money without authorization to buy property in Berwyn and seeks transfer of the property to the union.
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Upper Marlboro
Dec
Larry Kelly
Washington Local No. 74
Building Laborers and Hodcarriers Union
AFL
Prince Georges County
Welly
Berwyn
Dixie Trainmen To Stop Work Tonight
Officials of the Atlanta Birmingham and Coast Railroad said about 460 trainmen in the Atlanta area would stop work at 11 pm tonight in a wage increase dispute. A railroad spokesman cited the stoppage as a result of the workers demand for higher pay.
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Atlanta
Dec
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
Changteh Falls to Japanese Forces in Central China
Chinese high command announced the fall of Changteh after bitter fighting ending December 3. The loss opens a potential Japanese drive on Changsha, severs the Hunan Szechwan supply line, and devastates China’s 57th Division which saw heavy casualties and few survivors. General Yu Cheng-wan survived. Japanese losses up to December 2 were about 10,200 killed and wounded.
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Chungking
Changteh
China
Changsha
Hunan
Hunan-Szechwan
57Th
Yu Cheng-wan
Paid Ads To Boost Sale Of Bonds Out
Washington December 8 The House Ways and Means Committee killed in effect a bill to authorize paid newspaper advertising to promote war bond sales The executive session vote was 11 to 10 Chairman Doughton said the action tabling the regulation will end the bill but another similar measure may be introduced The Senate proposed 15 million for ads in small city papers and two House bills would have allowed 30 million for distribution among second class mail newspapers
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Senate
House
Naples Gas Works Restored After Six Weeks of Work
Naples, Dec. 4. Army engineers have restored gas service to the city after six weeks of repair work on gas producing and distributing facilities damaged by German demolitions. Italian engineers had guessed the job would take six months. Over a million Neapolitans can again cook with gas.
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Naples
Baltimore Grocer Slain By Robber
A 72 year old storekeeper died from hatchet wounds after a holdup at his confectionary shop last night. Police report three customers approaching the store saw the attacker with a hatchet and a chewing gum box. the proprietor Joseph Morstein was found unconscious behind the counter. The assailant allegedly nodded hello as he fled.
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Baltimore
Ezekial Williams
Joseph Morstein
Williams
Granted Divorce for Charles S Wilhide and Mary Francis Wilhide
Charles Sarel Wilhide was granted an absolute divorce from Mary Francis Wilhide. Attorney Calvert Ko Hartio represented the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sarel Wilhide
Mary Francis Wilhide
Calvert Ko Hartio
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