Five Objectives Of Our Foreign Policy Outlined
Secretary of State Stettinius outlined five main aims for American foreign policy in a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations committee. He urged rapid staff appointments and tied postwar trade expansion to a broader plan to win the war, prevent future German and Japanese aggression, establish a UN organization, expand global trade, and foster free democratic life worldwide.
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Stettinius
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Germany
Japan
United Nations
United Nations Organization
Golly wedding rings at Saums with large selection
Ad promotes Saums on Jonathan Street offering a wide range of wedding rings as modern gifts. Prices start at seven dollars, highlighting extensive choices for brides and couples shopping for rings.
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Saum’s
Jonathan St
Deaths and memorials from Mt Lena to Williamsport
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Salina V Kephart aged 73 at Boonsboro after four years illness. Services set at East funeral home with church rites. Also Margaret Virginia Schnebly aged 73 of Williamsport dies after illness. services Thursday at home chapel. Memorial verses honor Harry N Riedel, Fred M Earnshaw Sr and Leland, with messages from children and family.
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Salina V. Kephart
John H. Kephart
Daniel
Fanny Renner
United Brethren Church of
Mt. Lena
East Funeral Home
Boonsboro
Lena
Margaret Virginia Schnebly
Memory tribute for Leland Dofflemyer loved brother
A sisterly memorial note recalls Leland Dofflemyer who died a year ago and rests in peace. Marie Hartle and Jane De Hart express enduring love and a vacant place in their hearts forever.
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Mrs. Kirby
Leland Dofflemyer
Marie Hartle
Jane de Hart
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U S Appears Satisfied With Sharing Of Fighting Strength
Washington reports the United States is satisfied with Allied fighting strength on the Western Front where four American armies face a British force. Churchill notes three quarters of Italian forces are British or British controlled, while in Southeast Asia American troops predominate in the Pacific. Population size and proximity to the front explain Western Front U S emphasis.
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United States
Stimson
Great Britain
Italy
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Southeast Asia
Europe
United Kingdom
British Commonwealth
Western Front
Luftwaffe Returns To Italian Front
Allied headquarters announced that the German air force has returned to the Italian battle zones, bombing and strafing Fifth Army troops and communications. In the same period the Lamone river rose seven to eight feet after heavy rain, hindering Eighth Army patrols north of Ravenna and above Faenza, while German forces mounted small counterattacks around Bologna.
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Fifth Army
Lamone
Eighth Army
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Faenza
Bologna
Negro Convicted of 18 Months For Robbery Case
A jury in Circuit Court yesterday afternoon convicted John Smothers colored of receiving stolen goods and he was sentenced by Judge Joseph D. Mish to 18 months in the House of Correction. The larceny was of a hunting rifle from M. C. G. Clouser on November 15. Fingerprints on the rifle stock, identified by Detectives Sellman and Chapman, established Smothers as the thief. Smothers, a theatre employee, denied ever seeing the rifle before arrest.
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Joseph D. Mish
House of Correction
Smothers
M. CG. Clouser
Wayne Sellman
Edward J. Chapman
Maryland
Academy Theatre
Seilman
Chapman
Martin L. Ingram
Attormey Grace Silverberg
Military leaders praised by solon
Paris December 11 Congresswoman Glare Boothe Luce praised American military leaders on her return from the western front saying the people can feel lucky in their leaders. She noted nurses deserve more breaks and higher promotions and urged more women to join up with Wacs. The Connecticut representative heads a 17 member House Military Affairs Committee delegation bound for the Mediterranean theater.
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Glare Boothe Luce
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House
Mediterranean
Bond Drive In Washington County Stalls Near Goal
The Sixth War Loan Drive in Washington County inches toward its $2.7 million goal, with Chairman John D. Hollyday expressing worry about meeting the target by Saturday. E bond sales lag, at about 30 percent of the county’s goal, compared with other cities. total purchases reach roughly $2.39 million, about $400,000 short.
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Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Philadelphia
Follyday
New Draft Rules To Aid Industry In War Time
A wartime notice outlines tighter recruitment rules. Men over 26 seeking job releases without drafted status face immediate armed service within 60 days under new orders. Applications for employment have fallen, but industry needs remain heavy. fewer women apply though many essential jobs exist in Hagerstown.
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Selective Service
WMC
Hagerstown
Air Force Lt Robert Wilson Missing In Action
Air Force Lt Robert Wilson 21 son of former Phillies manager Jimmy Wilson is missing in action in the Asiatic theater. He grew up batting practice with the Reds and played Princeton basketball and baseball. A graduate of Lawrence School. tremors in New York originate from Aleutian Islands per Fordham seismograph.
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Air Force
Robert Wilson
Jimmy Wilson
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Reds
Princeton
Lawrence School
Junior High Meeting and Dance for Woodland Way area
Tonight at 7 30 parents gather at Woodland Way Junior High for a public schools discussion with citizens and students taking part A weekly round and square dance occurs Fridays and Saturdays at Span ish Danceland Kemp s tavern featuring Uncle Ray and 11 serenaders Your Old
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Spanish Danceland
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Air Chief Rejects Nazi Defenses Crumbling Claims
BEVERLY HILLS Calif Dec 12 Gen Henry H Arnold says he hates stories that German defenses are crumbling He notes Allied raids on German factories yards canals ball bearing and synthetic plants kept German forces down to small numbers yet Germans continue to fight. He predicts the war in Germany won t end until Berlin is reached.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Cerman
Germany
Berlin
Air Developments to be Discussed at Rotary Meeting
J H Carmichael vice president of Pennsylvania Central Airlines will discuss aviation progress and PCA expansion at the Hagerstown Rotary Club meeting. Carmichael a Congressional Air Mail Pilots Medal of Honor recipient will speak with Paul J Frizzell of the Fairchild Aircraft Division hosting. PCA, operating since 1927, has grown from one airmail route to a 12 state east of the Mississippi network.
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Hagerstown
PCA
Mississippi
Carmichael
Hess Body Works Blaze Damages Benches and Paint
A fire at Hess Body Works corner Frederick Street and Willow Lane damaged a small amount of paint and a few benches. Two fire companies responded, extinguishing the blaze with no damage to the building.
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Hess Body Works
Frederick Street
Willow Lane
Japs Claim Bombs Hit Prisoner of War Camp
Tokyo radio claimed that bombs from an American Fortress raid on December 7 in Manchuria's Mukden area hit a prisoner of war camp killing 16 American and British prisoners and wounding 18 more with 23 additional injuries. claim unconfirmed by Allies.
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Tokyo
Mukden
Manchuria
Blackout Relaxed At Coastal Towns
Coastal towns and adjoining rural areas from Dover to Lydd experienced the first wartime blackout loosening last night with a move toward moon glow, similar to London easing. Riggs Distler & Co. chairman John Cyrus Distler, 60, died of a stomach ailment in Baltimore and will be buried Wednesday after collapsing at work.
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Washington
John C
Free Athens Battle Escalates as Peace Talks Hover
Baghdad of bloodshed continues in Athens with civilians fleeing amid gunfire while ELAS and EAM leaders reportedly consider withdrawal and a regency plan. London reports Churchill orders aim to end fighting, with Laz Brambakis among mediators pushing for a settlement. Casualty estimates put ELAS losses at about 4,500, hinting at a severe toll on both sides.
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EAM
ELAS
George Papandreou
Department of Attica
London
Daily Mail
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
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the Mail
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Dimitri Lambrakis
Lambrakis
George II
Snow Storm Strikes East. West Virginia Hits Blizzard Proportions
A powerful storm dumps heavy wet snow across Maryland and neighboring states. Eastern Shore reports up to an inch by mid morning, while West Virginia endures blizzard conditions with up to 21 inches in mountains. Travelers stranded as buses and trains run late. power lines and communications fail. Beckley and Charleston face travel bans and closures. Allen McGraw of Sharpsburg bags three large hogs weighing 60–70 pounds each, totaling 3,698 pounds. Saum's signs promote post Christmas sale and investing in war bonds.
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Franklin Street
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Allegany
Washington
Frederick
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Bluefield
Beckley
Charleston
Mothers Up Front in War Frontline Tribute
Pvt Earl Keller writes from England about a Daily Mail photo of the five Keller brothers and praises their mother as the true frontline figure. He calls the infantry work brutal, bombardment merciless, and air battles dangerous, noting a mother’s constant vigilance, prayers, and life-giving role as the war’s enduring medal and support. The column also lists updates on Pvt William R Lynn Jr and Carl E Davis overseas, and mentions Kennard E Wade cited for outstanding China Burma India theater service by the 12th Air Force.
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Daily Mail
England
Keller
Earl
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Jease
China-Burma-India
Pfc
Kennard E. Wade
Highfield
12Th Air Force
War duration second European conflict tops WWI length
London reporting the European war has surpassed the duration of World War I by exactly one year. The First World War lasted four years 14 weeks and two days, with the last shot fired six hours after armistice terms signed at 5 a.m. November 12, 1918. The current war stood five years 14 weeks and two days old yesterday.
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London
Local Soldier Wounded in Action In Germany
Staff Sergeant Bruce Bingaman was wounded in action in Germany on November 22. His wife at 434 Jefferson Street has been notified by the War Department. Bingaman, son of Harry Bingaman of this city, was drafted November 9, 1943 and has served overseas in an infantry unit since April this year.
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Bingaham
Germany
Jefferson Street
War Department
Bingaman
Harry ¥. Bingaman
Army
Navy Mars Flying Boat Sets Record in November
The Navy reported the Mars flying boat logged over 33,600 miles in November, exceeding prior records. In the month, the aircraft made seven round trips between San Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands and carried more than 300,000 pounds of cargo.
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Pearl Harbor
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Mars
Pacific Wing
Naval Air Transport Service
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
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