Local Inductee List Announced for December 6 Service
Draft Board No. 1 releases the names of registrants approved for induction on December 6, detailing their chosen service branches. Army inductees include Hamilton, Moore, Mose, Stottlemyer, Kline, Titlow, Valentine, DeMotter, Clopper, Anderson, Shambaugh, Andrews, Cook, Wilson, Fleming Jr, Love, and Shank. Navy inductees include Feed, Saunders, Repp, Grove, Zeller, Lindsay, Wiles, Shepley, Adams, Littleton, Shank, Showe, Wilson, and Grove with others listed at addresses across Maryland Virginia and towns such as Alexandria, Clear Spring, Funks Town, Greenbelt, and more.
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Draft Board No. 1
Army
Harry A. Hamilton
West Washington
Henry L. Moore
Frederick
Gilbert P. Mose
Alexandria
Charles E. Stottlemyer
Fairground
Richard E. Kline
Potomac
Paul M. Titlow
West Church
Anthony P. Valentine
South Mulberry
Francis P. DeMotter
Mitchell
William C. Clopper
Marbern
Kenneth W. Anderson
Highland
James L. Shambaugh
Almont H. Andrews
North Avenue
Junior L. Cook
Park Street
John P. Wilson
Avon
Ralph E. Fleming, Jr
George
Costine Love
North Jonathan Navy
Lloyd E. Feed
North Mulberry
Charles R. Saunders
West Wilson
Roger S. Repp
Mulberry
Isaac C. Grove
East Baltimore
Jack J. Zeller
Chestnut
Ernest A. Lindsay
Hamilton
Roy C. Wiles
McComas
David E. Shepley
Clearspring
Charles W. Adams
Funkstown
Paul
Shank
West Side
William T. Showe
Summit
Strikers Defy WLB Ultimatum At Western Electric
In Baltimore on December 15 striking workers at Western Electric ignored a War Labor Board ultimatum to return to work. About half the night shift and 40 to 50 percent of the day shift stayed away, with the union claiming 95 percent absent and 8,000 to 9,000 workers involved. Police patrolling reported no violence.
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Baltimore
Western Electric Company
War Labor Board
WLB
Point Breeze
Ralph Parker
Desperate Germans Strive To Retake Kiev
London reported German forces under Field Marshal von Mannstein neared Kiev within 55 miles after advancing from Radomysl while Russian armies under Gen. Ivan Konev pushed from Cherkasy toward Kirovograd and Krivoi Rog. A separate Russian offensive near Neves was noted as Berlin cited Andrei Yeremenko moving west with six infantry divisions and two tank corps.
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London
von Mannstein
Kiev
Radomysi
Ivan S. Konev
Kirovograd
Krivoi Rog
Konev
Dnieper
Cherkasy
Ukraine
Tasmin River
Smela
Neves
Berlin
Andrei Yeremenko
Stalingrad
Moscow
Bulge
Radomysl
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad- Odessa
Nikolai Vatutin
Teterev
Howevr
Groucho Marx Involved In Rear View Crash In Los Angeles
Comedian Groucho Marx said he was looking in a rear view mirror when his sedan struck a telephone pole after letting a young woman named Doris Smith of Hollywood from the car. He was treated for abrasions and a possible rib fracture.
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Los Angeles
Groucho Marx
Doris Smith
Hollywood
Restrict Visits To Hospital In Baltimore Area
Washington County Hospital will limit visitors due to widespread respiratory illnesses. Superintendent Charles J. Cotter urged that restrictions may harden if contagious diseases are spread to patients, noting weakened cancer patients are highly vulnerable. He cited Baltimore hospitals that have banned public visits and imposed strict ward restrictions.
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Washington County Hospital
Charles J. Cotter
Baltimore
Brazil Smashes Spy Ring Seizing Dozen In Arrests
Rio de Janeiro authorities say eight men and four women were arrested in a pro German spy ring case. The ring aimed at aerial photography of strategic sites. The leader is an Austrian-born naturalized Brazilian who once headed a German-owned air photo unit aboard a former airline.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Record Cold Sweeps Washington County Amid Frigid Wave
The coldest day of winter left Washington County shivering with subzero readings. D Paul Oswald in Chewsville logged a low of minus 15 F but Keedysville saw minus 7 F. A westward cold front predicted to bring stronger winds and storm warnings from Cape Henry to Cape Hatteras, while Altamont hit minus 7 F and Frostburg minus 7 F above zero.
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Washington County
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
St. Paul
Minn
Maryland
Altamont
Big Savage Mountain
Frostburg
Cape Henry
Cape Hatteras
Sixteen Die As Bomber Crashes Into Cliffs Near Council Bluffs
A Fort Worth based B-25 training bomber crashed into rugged cliffs five miles north of Council Bluffs Iowa. Sixteen men were killed and there were no survivors. A Lincoln base board of officers will investigate the disaster after the crew from Fort Worth had five pilots in training.
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Council Bluffs
Fort Worth
Texas
Army Air Field
Lincoln
Neb
Army Air Base
Fort Worth Field
Bulgaria Sends Peace Feelers Rejected by Allies
New York Times dispatch from Cairo reports Bulgaria secretly sent peace feelers to the Allied powers through Russia Britain and the United States seeking to end a war Bulgaria and its people now see as lost. Premier Dobri Bosilov offered to negotiate under the Atlantic Charter in exchange for keeping seized Yugoslav and Greek territories. No corroboration from other sources and London says no information. The Times Dispatch notes Sofia has only heard Allied bombings continue and unconditional surrender terms demanding evacuation of seized lands.
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New York
The
New York Times
Cairo
Bulgaria
Britain
United States
Dobri Bosilov
Yugoslavia
Greece
Foreign Office
Associated Press
London
Times Dispatch
Sofia
Flu Epidemic Plans No Closing of Schools
The Board of Education says no school closures until the Health Department deems flu outbreak widespread. Baltimore reports 10 15 percent pupil absences in some schools, with up to 10 000 students and 300 teachers affected. Health officials note deaths remain near normal, indicating a mild grippe, and no tapering yet.
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Health Department
Board of Education
Washington County
Baltimore
David E. Weglein
Huntginton Williams
Greatest Aerial Assault Over Balkans War News
Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters reports a massive air raid on New Britain’s Gasmata area. Over 100 Liberator and Mitchell bombers dropped 248 tons in three hours, limited Japanese interceptors, two enemy planes shot down, all Allied planes returned. Previous raids have totaled around 650 tons in weeks.
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Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Gasmata
Adm
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Fats Waller Dies On Train In Kansas City
Fats Waller, 39, renowned band leader, died today on a Kansas City Union Station train after a heart attack. A coroner's preliminary exam confirmed death. body moved to an undertaker for further inspection. Waller, born Thomas Wright Waller, faced jazz fame and classical influence, with hits like Ain't Misbehavin and Keep Shufflin and a reputed 1941 income of 72000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Fats Waller
Kansas City Union Station
Waller
Thomas Wright Waller
New York
Carl Bohm
Leopold Godowski
Fats
Keep Shufflin
South America Now Helping Fill Uncle Sam's Sweet Tooth
Sweets from South America ease sugar shortages in North America with hard candy chocolate gum and peppermint from Cuba Mexico and as far as Argentina. Candies like eucalypto gum peppermint lozenges and London-made peppermint drops arrive with unfamiliar wrappers. Cuban candy in US five and ten cent stores blends sugar with glucose citric acid and color dyes. Shipping delays have slowed export growth and education on tastes and wrappings is needed.
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South America
Uncle Sam
New York
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Provincia de Santa Fe
Charles A. Morela
Maillorens Export Corp
Savage Air Blasting Of New Britain Portends Invasion
Savage air raids by Allied forces hit New Britain for a second straight month, mounting pressure on Nipponese defenses. MacArthur reports 62 days of raids totaling over 3 000 tons, with Rabaul and Gasmata among targets. Capture could open sea lanes to the Philippines and bring Manila within 2 500 miles.
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New Britain
Solomons
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
Philippines
Manila
Truk
U. S. War Plants Set New Record
Washington December report shows November production gains across major war industries. Aircraft and electronics up six percent. guns up three percent. combat and motor vehicles up one percent. Aerial bombs rise eleven percent. small arms eight percent. self propelled artillery carriages fourteen percent. War construction falls. ammunition output down two percent due to small arms backlog.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
American War Industries
New System To Start January 1 In County Assessors Board
The two permanent county real estate assessors Claude Artz and Ellis G Hoover, named by the Board of County Commissioners, will take office January 1 under a statewide permanent assessment system. Joined by Guy G Gantz, they will form a board tasked with five year reassessment cycles prioritizing class based valuation to improve equality. Baltimore has pressed for statewide adoption citing others bear unequal tax burden.
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State Tax Commission
Board of
County Commissioners
Baltimore
Claude Artz
Ellis G. Hoover
Guy G. Gantz
Goebbels Sees German Nerves Tested by War on All Fronts
London dispatch reports Joseph Goebbels told propaganda chiefs that both front and homeland faced extreme trials this year. He issued 1944 directives and praised German resolve amid intensified Allied nerve warfare and air raids. He said the people bore wounds but remain ready for final decisions.
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London
Berlin
Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Clubhouse Blaze at Fountain Head Country Club
Firemen rushed to the Fountain Head Country Club shortly after noon to extinguish a roof blaze on the clubhouse. Alarm 4-11 triggered Junior and Pioneer units, and the fire was quickly controlled. Earlier, around 10:30, a small fire damaged a first floor window frame at the former Ragen property on West Washington with very slight damage.
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Fountain Head Country Club
Ragen
West
Washington Street
Thermostat Reversed For Cooling In Courthouse
Courthouse offices reported temperatures in the 50s while workers threatened to close until heat returned. Investigation showed a taxpayer148 who attended a meeting last night turned back the thermostat on the stoker, cooling the building to about 40 and forcing top-speed operation all morning. By noon the Register of Wills office read 40, too cold to type, and the Clerk of Court’s office remained cool until late morning, though rear areas warmed earlier.
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Register of Wills
Clerk of Court
Allied air raid pounds three Greek airfields in Athens and Piraeus
More than 300 American bombers and fighters struck Nazi occupied Greece, with 12 German fighters downed in a major aerial battle. The attack hit three airfields at Athens and Piraeus harbor. Canadian and Indian troops, part of the Eighth Army, captured Caldari near Ortona after a night raid that yielded German prisoners and officers.
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HDQS
Algiers
Greece
Balkans
Athens
Piraeus Harbor
Caldari
Ortona
Adriatic
Rail Brakemen Shortage Triggers Regional Recruiting Drive
A serious shortage of railroad brakemen across the Hagerstown area has prompted the Pennsylvania and Western Maryland railroads to enlist the help of the local U S Employment office and the War Manpower Commission. The deficit has delayed a freight run and led to a broad recruitment push targeting men aged 18 to 50, with a preference for older applicants. Additional lines such as B and O also report brakeman needs as part of the effort. Lawrence Fenner heads the statewide campaign to address the manpower gap.
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Pennsylvania
Western Maryland
Hagerstown U. S
WMC
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore
Lawrence Fennemen
War Manpower Commission
Railroad Worker Injured With Broken Leg at Work
Henry C. Bennett of the 1700 block of Virginia avenue suffered a broken leg while on duty this morning. Bennett, a Western Maryland conductor and father of Police Headquarters desk sergeant William Bennett, was hurt shortly before noon. Details of the accident were not available.
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Henry C. Bennett
Virginia Avenue
Mr. Bennett
William Bennett
Maryland
Hofferbert Nominated Internal Revenue Collector
President Roosevelt nominates George Hofferbert of Baltimore as internal revenue collector for the Maryland district to succeed M Hampton Magrader who resigned. The nomination was announced December 15.
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Washington
George Hofferbert
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
Maryland
M. Hampton Magrader
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Elizabeth
England
Hugh Fitzroy
Earl of Euston
Charles Manners
Duke of Rutland
Navy
W. E
Brazil
S. W. Pacific
Fats’ Waller
Harold Streeter
U. S
Nelson
U.S
By Wes Gallagher
Berrati
Venafro
15Th Airforce
Hofferbert
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