Birth Of Savior Special Christmas Services Spark Churches
Christmas observances begin with special church services in the city and county. Lions Club plans a dinner for over 200 soldiers at the Masonic Temple with afternoon and evening entertainment. Charities, Salvation Army, Volunteers of America, and fraternal groups organize aid for the needy and armed forces. Christmas trees are available, stores report heavy preholiday business but war conditions limit some merchandise. Christmas Day offices close. library and post office operate on holiday schedules. newspapers do not publish.
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Lions Club
Masonic Temple
William Southwood
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
M.C. A
West
Washington Street
Soviets Repel German Push Near Vitebsk In Heavy Fighting
Soviet report says German armored thrusts into White Russia aimed at diverting the Vitebsk drive failed to break Soviet lines. In the Korosten area Russians improved positions, while near Zhlobin fierce battles saw 57 German tanks destroyed and about 1,500 troops killed. Berlin radio claimed higher Russian tank losses.
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Hddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
Bagramian
Vitebsk
Gilmore
Korosten
Kilev
Zhlobin
White Russia
Dnieper
Berezina
Moscow War Bulletin
Constantine Rokossovsky
St Pauls United Brethren to Hold Christmas Services
Sunday morning service at 11 o clock features Rev Dr F Berry Plummer preaching on Visions of and Prophet Soul with choir singing It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and solo O Little Town of Bethlehem by William Fraley A 720 PM Christmas program in the Sunday school auditorium presents Christmas Carols with pantomime by youth and children and a large book showing historical data A special offering will aid the United Brethren Orphanage and Home Quincy to supplement prior gifts to the institution
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F. Berry Plummer
St. Paul's United Brethren Church
Berge
William Fraley
Little Town of Bethlehem
United Brethren Orphanage and Home
Quincy
Berlin Defenders Foiled By RAF Armada
The daylight campaign over the continent enters its fifth day as Allied bombers and fighters raid northern France and Berlin. The Berlin raid total nears 18,900 tons this year with low RAF casualties, while German morale efforts shift to acknowledging destruction. A Aachen target cited alongside industrial rail centers in western Germany.
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France
Frankfurt
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Berlin
Germany
Aachen
Aix la Chapelle
Fropagahatate
Winter hazards from ice threaten city water intakes
The 1943 44 winter brings two risky ice types for water intakes. Surface ice is easiest to manage, but frazil ice formed as anchor ice can clog screens. Willameport station has two intakes, one usable while the other is cleaned. Smithsburg reservoir supply may halt at one quarter full, forcing use of Potomac station if rain does not arrive by Monday. A dry monsoon and a wet monsoon are noted for the Orient.
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Willameport
Smithsburg
Christmas Eve Thoughts From Bougainville Frontline Soldiers
Fred Hampson reports on Christmas Eve among U S troops at Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville, where soldiers reflect on home, past battles, and what lies ahead. The piece recalls foxhole barber sessions, mortar and naval alerts, and personal tributes to brave comrades including Pfc. Thomas Robb and Sgt. Peter Henzi, with Lt Col George Kanarden nicknamed The Beast.
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Rabaul
Thomas Robb
Detroit
Mich
Gawd
Pfc
Michiel J. Cavlich
Philipsburg
Donald Schmuck
Santa Monica
Calif
Peter Henzi
Union City
George Kanarden
New Hope
the Beast
Japs Reinforce To Meet Blow At New Britain Front
Allied air and naval patrols blasted Cape Gloucester on New Britain with 153 tons of bombs in a major Wednesday attack. The prolonged campaign has totaled nearly 2,200 tons since December 1, with 22 enemy barges destroyed or damaged along the New Guinea to New Britain and Solomon Islands coast. Japanese planes hit American forces at Am er e invasion area Arawe New Britain, dropping 150 bombs but causing light damage and casualties.
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Cape Gloucester
New Britain
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Arawe
Military notices list promotions and service updates
The item reports personnel moves and service details including Pvt Eugene W McCauley at Fort McClellan Alabama and John Smith stationed with the Air Corps in San Diego California. It notes Phillip B Statton receiving promotion from lieutenant to captain and Harry P Campbell Jr from private first class to corporal. The memory lists addresses and unit designations for several individuals.
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Eugene W. McCauley
Co. C
Tr. Bn
1St Regt
IRTC
Fort McClellan
Alabama
John Smith
Concord Street
Air Corps
San Diego
Calif
Harry P. Campbell, Jr
Summit Avenue
Soldier in England and Homefront Unity Fund
A U S Army Eighth Air Force airman, a Hegerstown High School graduate, serves as a Thunderbolt P-47 mechanic in England while two brothers pursue Navy service and the eagle letter home from Mrs Elsie Geyer. Soldiers Talk Home reports Reynolds Metal Co workers raised 1500 to comfort wounded men at Nichols General Hospital.
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England
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force
Hegerstown High School
Fairchild Aircraft
Elsie Geyer
East Lee Street
George
Louisville
Nichols General Hospital
Reynolds Matale Co
Officials Probe To Determine Cause Of $400000 Blaze Here
A major fire at a Hagerstown wood products and Station Furniture plant caused extensive damage and forced evacuations. An initial estimate placed losses near $400000 with insurance coverage noted. Fire crews battled amid explosions from paint fumes and near-zero temperatures, while 150 workers were accounted for and several injuries reported.
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Morris Federman
Hagerstown Wood Products Corp
Federman
Shipping Department
Glenn L. Martin Company
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Donald Churchey
Foundry Street
Harry Herzog
J. F. Hickey
Fairchild
Garland Groh
Station Furniture Company
Statton
Hagerstown
Pearl Harbor
Western Maryland Railroad Fire Department
Decisive 44 Victories Foresee 1944 Triumphs
In a wartime dispatch the 5th Army vows to press the Italy campaign with crushing force until victory ends overseas combat. Clark pledges 1944 as a decisively victorious year, noting December 1943 marks progress on land sea and air against a weakening foe. Carton De Wiart predicts Europe will win in 1944 and China will be aided as Washington remains committed to Japan after defeating Germany.
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5Th
Italy
Clark
Chungking
Adrian Carton de Wiart
Churchill
Europe
Japan
Carton de Wiart
China
Grayling Sub Overdue as Navy Reports Loss
The Navy reports the U S submarine Grayling overdue and presumed lost, the sixteenth American boat declared lost since the war began. The 1,475 ton boat was active in Pacific patrols that targeted Japanese supply lines, contributing to Allied sinking and damage tallies.
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Washington
Grayling
Navy
Pacific
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Fred Hampson
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Baton Rouge
Lesie Johanson
Los Angeles
Jim Phillips
Starkville
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Liutenant
War Department
South Dakota
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Milly’s Dress Shop
N. Potomac St
George Smith
Washington County Hospital
Joseph Ardinger
William Wharton
Wiliam R. Jordan
C. R. McKane
Edna M. Ashbaugh
Albert Lapole
Pinid
Tesa
G. Nazelrod
Plebt
Edward J. Chapman
Maryland
Jesse B
Wayside Avenue
Cyber
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