Quiet Christmas Day Observed In Hagerstown
Hagerstown marked a quiet Christmas with gifts exchanged and stores largely closed. Charity programs distributed baskets and toys, Antietam Fire Co. held a children’s party with 1300 bags of treats, and churches reported festive services and full pews.
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Santa Claus, Inc
Antietams
Antietam Fire Co
John Devine
Malcolm Palmer
Santa Claus
William Ecton, Sr
St Mary's Catholic Church
A. P. Executive Becomes Director of Censorship
Byron Price AP executive news editor is named director of censorship. Alan J. Gould will temporarily supervise AP news and newsphoto services during Price's absence, as announced by Kent Cooper AP general manager in New York.
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Byron Price
New York
Alan J. Gould
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Gould
Price
Local Postoffice Reports Record Christmas Mail Volume
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson announced that the Hagerstown postoffice handled at least 50,000 more mail pieces this Christmas season than in 1940. Receipts rose sharply though final totals were not yet available. All mail through 1 p.m. Wednesday was processed in a general cleanup of packages, with many workers on holiday leave.
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Hagerstown
Thomas M. Simpson
First direct radiotelegraph link to Australia opened
New circuit between San Francisco and Sydney connects United States and Australia in a 7420 mile line. RC Communications, Inc. established the long distance link last night, marking a historic step in transoceanic communications.
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New York
United States
Australia
RC. 4, Communications, Inc
San Francisco
Sydney
Rules Relaxed for Carrying Presents
Boston dispatch reports wartime flight rules relaxed to allow a Christmas package laden airplane to deliver gifts along New England coasts. The route, led by Edward Rowe Snow and pilot Al Lecksheid, avoided several military objectives and covered about 450 miles with a detour, bearing two foot high red lettering as the Christmas Seal Plane to prevent misidentification.
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Boston
New England
Santa Claus
Santa
Army
Navy
Boston Harbor
Edward Rowe Snow
al Lecksheid
Communications Between Nations Routed via Britain and Canada
Communications between this country and Australia were handled by way of British or Canadian routes, signaling a reliance on imperial or commonwealth transport pathways rather than direct links.
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Australia
Leader of Bomber Flight Is Landed
Colonel Eugene L. Eubank commanded a four engined bomber flight from San Francisco to the Philippines less than two months before war, recommended for a Distinguished Flying Cross. The mission, termed the largest of its kind, remained secretly numbered. A month later a longer trans Pacific flight earned DFCs for Major Emmett O'Donnell Jr and 74 crew, ending at Fort Stotsenburg on November 19 after October 17 departure, over 10,000 miles.
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Washington
Eugene L. Eubank
San Francisco
Philippines
Roosevelt
War Department
Army
Emmett O'Donnell
Fort Stotsenburg
Philippine Islands
Appointment of Metzger as coadjutor bishop in Santa Fe
The apostolic delegate to the United States The Most Reverend Amieto Giovanni Cicognani announced last night the appointment of The Most Reverend Sidney M. Metzger, currently auxiliary bishop, to become coadjutor bishop at Santa Fe New Mexico.
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Washington
United States
Amieto Giovanni Cicognani
Sidney M. Metzger
Santa Fe
N. M
Christmas Bonus Prompts Bond Investment At Hagerstown Firm
The Hagerstown Distributing Company paid a Christmas bonus to employees and proprietor Tony Brittl suggested each employee invest at least half in United States Defense Bonds. The item notes a gift and a call for promoting defense bonds among staff.
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Hagerstown Distributing Company
Tony Brittl
United States Defense Bonds
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