Snowy grip tightens across the South with record readings
The Weather Bureau forecast frigid temperatures and more snow as a major southern storm hits Alabama Georgia and Tennessee. Macon Georgia reports the southernmost snow sighting with 18 inches in Mitchell North Carolina sees heavy accumulation. Virginia and North Carolina areas report up to 10 inches and more as Florida crops face danger. Small craft warnings are issued along the Atlantic coast.
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Dixie
Alabama
Georgia
Tennesse
Macon
Bureau
Nebraska
Akansas
Virginia
North Carolina
Michell
N. C
I Weed
Ashville
Huntsville
Ala
Tle
Florida
Nensland
Christmas trees and care for children healing coughs
Holiday season brings a need to keep children healthy while selecting gifts. Father John’s Medicine is praised for aiding colds caused by vitamin A deficiency, offering quick relief from coughs through soothing throat irritation. The product is presented as wholesome and drug free, with a long history of mothers’ trust.
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Father, John
John
Weather Report Highlights Mild Eastern Storm Threat
Boston reported winds of 50 miles per hour and Pt Judith noted 60. Temperatures across the eastern snow map stayed above freezing preventing a blizzard. In the Midwest temperatures fell below freezing with only light snow flurries and icy road hazards for travelers.
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Harlier
Boston
Pt. Judith
KR. I
Weather Bureau
Mid- West
Scholarship Won By Rothwell Mason
Rothwell B Mason son of Mr and Mrs J Gratton Mason of Glen side avenue received a one thousand dollar Walter S Engler Scholarship Fund award from Juniata College Huntingdon Pa awarded after a local high school nomination in October Mason declined the offer as he had enlisted in the Army Air Forces and expects to leave He is a senior at Hagerstown High in the accelerated academic program and has served as class president for two years member of the Student Art Council Dramatic Club and school newspaper business manager He was elected to Quill and Scroll and has earlier attended Lincoln School and South Potomac Junior High where he led the Wonner Society and Student Representative Council He is an Eagle Scout member of Emmanuel U B Church Circle Y Club and the Order of DeMolay and has worked as announcer for Hagerstown Broadcasting Co for the past two years.
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Rothwell B. Mason
J. Gratton Mason
Glenside Avenue
Walter S. Engler
Juniata College
Huntingdon
Son
Army Air Forces
South Potomac Junior High
Wonner Society
Emmanuel U. B. Church
Order of DeNolay
Hagerstown Broadcasting Co. Fe
Thousands of Japs Wiped Out Near Ormoc Campaign
Allied forces push inland on Leyte with the 32nd and 77th divisions advancing slowly through swamps and mountains from Ormoc toward Carigara Bay. Japanese positions prove stubborn as air strikes crater runways and harass shipping, including a bold strike on Tarakan and Balikpapan.
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Ormoc
Leyte Island
MacArthur
Carigara Bay
NBC
George
Central Pacific
Philippines
Tarakan
Balikpapan
Om Boreno
Ducks Unlimited Head Wins Field and Stream Cup
Shreveport oilman and president of Ducks Unlimited, Inc., has been awarded the annual Field and Stream cup for outstanding conservation in 1944. His efforts include leading Louisiana sportsmen to establish a 237,000 acre waterfowl breeding refuge in Alberta.
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New York
PA. C
Glasseil
Shreveport
Ducks Unlimited, Inc
Alberta
Army Eleven Wins Lambert Trophy
Army receives the Lambert Memorial trophy for eastern college football supremacy at a Waldorf-Astoria ceremony. West Point, ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll, is the undefeated, untied champion with Lt. Col. Gustafson accepting on behalf. Plan details for Maryland Poultry Products Show in Baltimore January 9–10, 1945 included entries from local poultry men and 4H youths. Premiums cover egg and chick classes with FFA youth classes. Harold Remsberg chairs the FFA show committee.
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New York
Eastern College
West Point
Associated Press
Andy Gustafson
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Maryland Poultry Products
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Baltimore
Harold Remsberg
Smithsburg
FFA
Mining in British Guiana Yields Bauxite Diamonds Gold
Form fitting resources in British Guiana include bauxite diamonds and gold. Mined across the territory, these commodities drive regional extraction and trade. Local companies and workers participate in prospecting, production, and export efforts amid evolving regulatory conditions.
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British Guiana
Allies reach near German frontier in Alsace and Siegfried line
Nazi forces retreat to buffer zones around Haguenau and Strasbourg as American forces push through the Roer and into Germany. Supply dumps fall to Allied control while German defenses, river fortifications, and pillboxes slow Patton’s third Army advance toward the Siegfried Line amid flooding and strategic withdrawals.
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Alsace
Haguenau
Karlsruhe
Rhine
Americas
Kembs
Roer
Duren
Julich
Erft
Cologne
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Lke
Durgen
Third
Siegfried Line
George S. Patton, Jr
TB Deaths Rise In County In 1944 Quarter Three
TB deaths in the county increased in the third quarter of 1944 with eight white residents dying from TB, two in 1943, while colored TB deaths fell from three to one. Notable polio cases were five in Maryland for the quarter, venereal diseases accounted for most notifiable illnesses, including 49 cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid. Other notifiable diseases included typhoid and paratyphoid fever two cases, undulant fever, measles six, scarlet fever one, and septic conditions.
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Health Department
White County
Washington County
Maryland
Sore Throat Linked to Major Lung Infections
Medical notes list sore throat as a precursor to serious lung diseases. Cases include tuberculosis with broncho pneumonia and lobar pneumonia, indicating potential progression from throat infection to severe respiratory conditions.
Ad Swap Sparks Flood of Calls for Cigar Carton Trade
Philadelphia December 11 In the Evening Bulletin classified ad a man offered a carton of cigarets in exchange for a good sized child's three wheel bike. Robert Greenfield said his phone rang constantly and he will pick a bike and swap tomorrow to gift his two daughters a Christmas present.
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Philadelphia
Robert Greenfield
Evening Bulletin
Senator Byrd cites October decline in government employment
Senator Byrd reports civilian government employment fell by 14,845 in October to 3,038,502, versus a 34,661 drop in September. The fall reflects continuing federal job reductions amid broader budget tightening and policy adjustments.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
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Manbeck
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South Potomac Street
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Everly
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March of Time
Pvt
James M. Saul
Bristol, Tenn
Herzogenrath
Raymond Wallace
Chicago
France
McKinley High School
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Milly’s
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Theviold
the McPhail Paint Co
Robert Armbruster
Gatitsahal
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Smith Smart Shoes
Curtis
Portage & Foot Pal
Pat Dane
Jerry Gieslers
Arthur Crum
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BON Ton
Hagerstown
Four States Livestock Sales, Inc
Grandma
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Anheuser-Busch
Budweiser
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