Warns Of Coal Catastrophe On Shortage Fear
The Office of War Information warns the coal shortage could approach catastrophe if stocks cannot be replenished next summer. 1943 saw a progressive shortage as production lagged demand, with stockpiles falling from 6 million tons to about 60 million by year’s end, complicating distribution and harming consumers nationwide.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWT
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Britain
United States
Influenza Strikes Washington County Ration Office
The influenza outbreak hit the Washington County Ration Board with five staffers confined at home. Thomas Bittle, chief clerk, is among the ill, while others returned to work as duties continued. Additional post office workers and Officer Joe Coady contracted flu, leaving Deputy County Treasurer Lester Burgesser as the sole absent official in the courthouse.
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Washington County Ration Board
Thomas Bittle
Ration Office
Joe Coady
Court House
Lester Burgesser
Sees All Needs Met By Synthetic Rubber
William M. Jeffers, president of Union Pacific and former rubber director, urged Omaha Legion members that America should continue the synthetic rubber program after the war and that chemists will develop a rubber within six months to meet all needs.
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Omaha
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
America
Omaha Post No. 1
American Legion
Prisoners Say Nazi Losses In Italy Heavy
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports Indian troops piercing German lines in the British Eighth Army sector in Italy and capturing prisoners. Canadians on the Adriatic coast repelled Nazi armored attacks, wrecking tanks and inflicting casualties. Fifth Army activity centered on artillery duels near Ortona as Germans claim heavy losses in mountains.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Italy
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Ortona
10Th Army
Mignano
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth
Liri
Split
Sibenik
Eleven War Workers Die In Bus Truck Crash
In Bath New York a bus carrying eleven workers bound for the Ingersoll Rand plant at Painted Post collided with a trailer truck and burst into flames. Coroner James J. Sanford said the bus carried about 20 passengers, with at least eight injured and one critical. The crash occurred around 5 30 am one mile east of Campbell, about 15 miles southeast of Bath. None of the dead had been identified.
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Bath
Ingersoll-Rand
Painted Post
James J. Sanford
Sanford
Burns
Campbell
Final Day Near for December Tax Payments and Returns
Tomorrow is the last day to pay the December installment of federal income tax. To help the public, the Internal Revenue Office on the Post Office second floor will stay open until midnight. Allen H. Mumma, agent in charge, notes a penalty for late payment. Farmers must also file their returns by tomorrow.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Allen H. Mumma
Pvt Startzman Dies In Italy
Vernon W. Startzman of Hagerstown was killed in action in Italy on November 7. He had served since December 1942, fought in North Africa and Sicily, and worked as a Western Maryland Railroad store clerk. Survived by mother Mrs. R. N. Startzman and two sisters.
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Vernon W. Startzman
Hagerstown
Italy
War Department
R. N. Startzman
Concord Street
Vernon
Western Maryland Railroad
Army
Camp McClellan
Ala
North Africa
Sicily
B. Cornelia
Rosalie
Picket Lines Surround Western Electric Plants in Baltimore
Picket lines ring Western Electric plants in Baltimore as a strike supported by the Point Breeze Employer Association protests the War Labor Board denial of separate sanitary facilities for whites and negroes. About 200 policemen guard the Point Breeze plant while hundreds of workers pass the line without violence. other Baltimore plants see pickets during the midnight and morning shifts.
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Baltimore
Western Electric Company
Point Breeze
War Labor Board
Western Electric
Independent Union
Women Buy Big Volume Of Non-Rationed Shoes
Hagerstown shoe dealers report women purchase up to 90 percent of non rationsed women shoes. Dealers note improved quality and price increases as non rationed styles with gabardine uppers and durable soles gain popularity. Men seek shoes for work while women buy for style and coordination with outfits.
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OPA
Hagerstown
The
Ration Board
Ration
Conference Decisions To Shorten War Eden Says
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Teheran Cairo talks with Stalin and Roosevelt will shorten the war and Britain will fight Japan to final destruction. Churchill remains in Cairo after talks with Allied leaders. Eden praised close military planning and timing agreed at Teheran and Cairo for future operations against Japan. Turkey talks with Ismet Inonu offered good hopes for future cooperation among Britain Soviet Russia America and allies.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Stalin
Britain
Japan
Churchill
Cairo
Teheran
Roosevelt
Eden
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Soviet
Russia
America
Birds Escape Windblown Coops In Odd Mixup
Waterbury New Haven area report says a man notified police that 25 chickens vanished from one coop but cancelled the claim five minutes later. During a windstorm doors blew open in both coops. the birds wandered to the other coop where the door had shut, leaving the flock safe and accounted for.
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Waterbury, Conn
Funkhouser Enters West Virginia Governor Race
Charles Town December report notes Raymond J. Funkhouser, Eastern Panhandle industrialist, officially enters the Republican nomination contest for governor. Jefferson County GOP chair Dennis Link cites Funkhouser’s claim the party owes nothing to individuals and vows a government led by the people, not a political clique. The remark references four unspecified opponents, including three Republicans and a new dealer.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Republican Party
Dennis D.link
Jefferson County
Funkhouser
Republican Club
Eastern Panhandle
U. S
Snow Forecast Tonight and Tomorrow
The Weather Man says snow should arrive tonight and may continue tomorrow. J A Miller Keedysville reports a 17 degree low last night. The Sixth Road district notes light snow in Garrett and western Allegany County yesterday prompting highway work. Temperature is moderating as snow is anticipated shortly.
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Weather Bureau
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
State Roads Commission
Sixth Road District
Garrett
Allegany County
Bulgarian opposition issues ultimatum to quit war or resign
A French radio report from Algiers states that Bulgaria’s opposition party demands the government withdraw Bulgaria from the war or resign. The broadcast notes the ultimatum as of December 14.
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London
Algiers
Bulgaria
Few Single Men Here Deferred
Major General Hershey considered cancelling all occupational deferments for men aged 18 to 21, but local officials say such a move would not delay pre Pearl Harbor inductions in Hagerstown and Washington County. Fewer than 100 single men in this age group hold such deferments, excluding 441 farm deferments.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hagerstown
Washington County
Hershey
Non-Union Coal Mines Returned To Owners
Interior Secretary Ickes ordered 58 non-union coal mines turned back to private management after confirming no strikes or threats since October 25. This brings total mines returned to owners to 572 since government seizures during the recent coal field work stoppages.
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Washington
Ickes
Drivers fined after speeding and running stop sign
Richard B. Carpenter and Ralph W. Carbaugh were fined and assessed costs totaling $17.90 each after being charged by State Trooper R. P. McGuire with speeds over 50 mph and passing a boulevard stop sign. The trooper paced them at about 70 mph.
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Richard B. Carpenter
Ralph W. Carbaugh
R. P. McGuire
McGuire
Moonshine Prices Rise in Virginia Markets
In Richmond authorities report a scant supply of white corn whiskey with sales around 75 to 80 per case of 12 jars. John A. Millan, head of the Federal Alcohol Tax Unit in Norfolk, notes moonshine fetching 75 to 190 per five gallon jug.
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Richmond
ABC
John A. Millan
Federal
Norfolk
Hear Bulgar Mission Enroute To Turkey To Seek Way Out
Ankara reports today a Bulgarian mission may arrive in Turkey to seek Turkish aid in detaching Bulgaria from its German alliance. Rumors emerge as a German broadcast says all Bulgarian cabinet ministers have left bombed Sofia to explain government policy.
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Turkey
Ankara
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Balkans
Sofia
Street beggars scarce this year in shopping district
Professional beggars who normally appear in the shopping district are conspicuously absent this year due to the war and the compelling of disabled individuals into work. Police note no usual complaints from housewives about backdoor beggars, as able-bodied industry absorbs labor. Today a woman in a wheelchair with an accordion appeared.
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West Washington Street
German influenza epidemic sweeps Rhineland and Prussia
Madrid dispatch reports a neutral physician arriving from Berlin says influenza and grippe are widespread across Germany, comparable to Britain. He notes many cases in the Rhineland and Prussia and that Berlin authorities prepare for a potential spread to the city already demoralized by Allied bombings.
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Madrid
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Rhineland
Prussia
Added parcel post window hours at local post office
Starting tomorrow the parcel post window will be open 7 to 9 each evening until Christmas, with daytime hours 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. It may open Sunday afternoon as an added accommodation. Mail volume is high this year and officials urge customers to mail early with parcels and Christmas cards.
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Thomas M. Simpson
Turkey Not Neutral Says Ulus Paper
The Ulus newspaper quoted by Ankara radio said Turkey is in realityone of the United Nations contributing to humanity and civilization. It cited Inonu’s Cairo talks with Roosevelt and Churchill to stress Turkey is not neutral, only legally neutral, and not actively at war.
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London
Ankara Radio
Ulus Today
Turkey
United Nations
Alus
Ismet Inonu
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cairo
Death of Dr. Levin B. Broughton at Maryland University
Dr. Levin B. Broughton 57 dean of arts and sciences at University of Maryland since 1937 and athletic board chairman since 1935 died last night from a heart attack after illness in his office. He returned home as his condition worsened. The campus community mourns the longtime administrator and educator.
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College Park
Levin B. Broughton
Arts and Sciences College
University of Maryland
Broughton
Flu antigen test could prove worth in Hagerstown
Health Officer Dr Willard said a potential flu epidemic could test the pneumonia antigen used as a protective measure. A public health project recently injected about ten thousand workers and residents with the antigen, many for the first time, to gauge its effectiveness against influenza and related pneumonia risks.
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Washington County
W. R. Willard
Hagerstown
Willard
Capture Paves Way For Junction Of Two Armies
London dispatch reports Cherkasy fell to the Red army as General Vatutin’s 1st Ukrainian Army pressed the Kiev bulge. Stalin announced the victory on Moscow radio amid heavy fighting and guerrilla actions near Zhitomir disrupting German trains. Soviet forces gained momentum along the Kiev Krementchug front as Stormovik bombers aided the counter offensive.
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London
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Hremenchug
Kiev
Red
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Nikolai
Vatutin
Fritz von Maannstein
Cherkas
Minsk
Gomel
Odessa
Black Sea
Kremenchug
Red Army
Kiev Bulge
Zhitomir
Malin
Fritz von Mannstein
Kiev-Kremenchug
von Mannstein
Korosten
Pravda
Seals Sale Totals 2388 in Washington County
The Maryland Tuberculosis Association reports 2388 dollars realized from Christmas seal sales in Washington county to date, 200 dollars more than last year. Seals are sold via a mailing list of about 7900 residents. Funds support case findings X rays tuberculin testing health education medical research and Negro tuberculosis programs.
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Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Washington County
Crown O. Diehl
Theft reported of coal oil stove from home
Mrs. Virginia Rager of 77 Madison avenue reported a three burner coal oil stove stolen from her residence this morning. Police are investigating the theft.
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Virginia Rager
Madison Avenue
Maryland Bar Secretary W. Chapman Jr. Dies at 72
W. Chapman Jr., longtime Maryland State Bar Association secretary, died last night at his daughter’s home in Poplar Hills. He served as bar secretary from 1908 except for 1939 when he was president.
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Baltimore
Dias. W. Chapman, Jr
Maryland State Bar Association
Poplar Hills
Balthmorette
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W. E
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