United States and Britain Agree On War Strategy
The United States and Great Britain reportedly reached a preliminary plan for coordinated land air and sea campaigns for 1943 with eight nations to unite. Roosevelt and Churchill led talks with major Allied powers, while Pan American representatives and Canada joined White House discussions, signaling immediate steps to detail execution.
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Washington
United States
Great Brita
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
China
Netherlands
Dominion of Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
White House
Canada
Draft Boards to Register Selective Service in Local Area
Local draft boards are notified they will oversee full Selective Service registration and set up accessible stations to minimize travel and waiting. The first registration group likely occurs late January or early February for ages 20 to 28, then 28 to 44, then 18 to 20, and finally 44 to 1. Only men aged 20 to 44 are liable for military service.
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Selective Service
Ate
Injuries Fatal To Mercersburg Youth
Charles Dick Rhodes aged 19, a Mercersburg youth and former Mercersburg High School basketball player, died at York hospital from skull fractures after a four car crash east of York while hitchhiking home for Christmas break. He was a sophomore at West Chester State Teachers College. his father is Herbert Rhodes. John V Montgomery of Pittsburgh also died in the collision.
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Dick} Rhodes
Mercersburg
York Hospital
York
West Chester State Teacher's College
John V. Montgomery
Pittsburgh
Rhodes
Mercersburg High School
Herbert Rhodes
Germans Can't Take Recess From Russian Front
Berlin correspondents for Swiss papers state Berlin faces no winter halt on the eastern front despite Nazi desires. Tribune de Geneve notes the Russian winter will not fix a frontier or create a gap, while National Zeitung of Basle says no recess on the eastern front. They emphasize Russian initiative and Red Army fighting spirit.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Tribune de Geneve
National Zeitung
Basle
Red Army
SmithsburgYouth Advances in Navy Aviation Mechanics
Basil Lee Brown, 18, of Smithsburg, graduates from the AMM school at Naval Air Station Jacksonville with a top class rank, after earlier earning varsity letters in baseball, basketball and soccer at Smithsburg High School. He joins a naval air squadron as a qualified mechanic on flying boats and land planes. Son of Reuben C. Brown, Smithsburg.
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Basil Lee Brown
Smithsburg
U.S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
AMM
Naval Air Station
Brown
Naval Air Squadron
Navy
Norfolk
Ife
Reuben C. Brown
Japanese reach 83 miles north of Manila report says
A Manila bulletin tele phone report states Japanese forces advancing from Damortis have reached about 83 miles north of Manila, roughly 33 miles from their landing point, as of tonight.
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Manila
Manila Bulletin
Damortis
City To Hear Cannon Boom
Magerstown will soon hear cannon fire from Camp Ritchie as the federal government acquires more land near Cascade to expand the cantonment. A new one pound cannon firing range and a reservoir to boost water capacity are planned, with work expected to begin next year.
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Magerstown
Camp Ritchie
Cascade
Observers Sought At Airport Station 42 B
Brigadier General John McDonnell ordered all chief observers in the area to enroll available civilians as observers at Station 42 B located at the airport. Harry Fleigh can be contacted. The note emphasizes around the clock observation and reporting all aircraft for eastern coast air defense.
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John McDonnell
Atfitchel Field
Harry Fleigh
McDonnell
Dutch Bombers Sink Large Japanese Ship Off Kuching
Batavia reports Dutch army bombers scored direct hits on the largest ship in a Japanese convoy off Kuching Sarawak. A lighter was sunk and a civilian wounded in a Borneo air raid. Official tallies claim 16 Japanese ships sunk or damaged since the war’s Pacific start.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Kuching
Sarawak
Borneo
Aneta New Agency
Japan
Pacific
Aneta
Squirrels Turn Aggressive on Grantley Road
In Baltimore, squirrels on Grantley Road turned vicious, biting at least five people in the 3400 block within a week. No explanation or solution yet as authorities note town bans on shooting and state game crews are unavailable until after hunting season ends. Bites include a maid, a milkman, a householder, and two children with no serious injuries reported.
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Baltimore
Grantley Road
Aggression
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
Manila Bombing Hits Civilian Ships and City Center
NBC correspondent Bert Silen reported heavy casualties in the Manila bombing, attributing the attack to ships in the harbor and Passig river after Manila was declared open. He described fires in Santo Domingo Church, the treasury building, and surrounding areas with at least six ships struck and extensive damage along the piers.
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New York
Bert Silen
National Broadcasting Company
Manila
Silen
Santo Domingos
Ang Passig
Tae
Santo Domingo
Philippine Treasury
Army shifts to merit based wartime promotions
Washington announced that the Army will replace the peacetime length of service rule with a merit driven wartime system for Regular, Reserve and National Guard officers and recalled retirees. Immediate effects include advance of existing selections and a plan where up to 60 percent of future promotions come from field commander recommendations.
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Washington
Army
War Department
National Guard
Army Medical Corps
Clearspring Plans Civilian Defense Group Formation
Clearspring to organize a Civilian Defense group with its first meeting at Clearspring Town Hall on Monday December 29 at 8 p.m. Burgess Donald Ankeney urges citizens to attend as plans are mapped for the new unit. Fire Department members are taking defense courses and will train others. Mayor Richard H. Sweeney of Washington County is expected to send speakers to assist in planning.
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Clearspring
Donald Ankeney
Burgess
Plang
Richard H. Sweeney
Washington County
Youth Held for Theft of Hides
Kenneth Gorman aged 22 was arraigned in city court on charges he stole hides worth 94 dollars over several months from his brother in law Joan Glosser a local butcher. He is held under 509 dollars bond for February grand jury action. Sheriff’s officers made the arrest.
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Kenneth Gorman
Gorman
Joan Glosser
Western Maryland Railway Income Surges in 11 Months
The Western Maryland Railway Company reports net income of 2,438,763 dollars for 11 months ending November 30 after taxes and charges, equivalent to 2.92 dollars per common share. This compares to 1,798,606 dollars or 1 cent per share in the prior year.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway Company Today
Wires Greetings To Father Here Lordton Peters Arrives
Lordton Peters son of Captain of Police William H. Peters wires Christmas greetings and reports he is well and happy. He arrived December 3 in Seattle from two years of active army duty in the Philippines where he was stationed at Manila.
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Lordton Peters
William H. Peters
Young Peters
Seattle
Washington
Philippines
Manila
Road Program Is Approved by State Road Commission
The State Road Commission fully approves the county road program prepared by Road Superintendent C William Hetzer. Wilson T Ballard chief engineer notes the plan and compliments Hetzer on its preparation. The nine mile project costs 63000 funded from the county's share of the 1 cent gasoline tax, including Rockdale Seibert Maugansville Paramount Beck Mt Aetna Mt Carmel Lydia Spielman Spickler and Pondsville Smithsburg roads.
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State Road Commission
Board of County Commissioners
C. William Hetzer
Wilson T. Ballard
State Roads Commission
Ballard
Hetzer
Rockdale
Seibert
Maugansville- Paramount
Beck
Mt. Aetna
Mt. Carmel Church
Lydia-Spielman
Spickler
Pondsville- Smithsburg
Oldest local man 62 seeks navy enlistment amid youth 16
The city hall reported that the oldest applicant was 62 and a Smithsburg man, while the youngest had just turned 16. L. M. Dunaway, commanding officer of the local Navy recruiting station, noted the age limit issue and said the man realized he was too old to fight. Continued on Page 10.
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U. S. Navy
L. M. Dunaway
Smithsburg
Manila bombers strike city in longest wartime foray
Fidanene two motor bombers blasted Manila killing many as they hit government buildings a church a fire station and a college. The attack lasted two and a half hours with fires lighting the ancient walled city and a hospital area. NBC Manila said the city glowed red from fires as fire crews struggled amid unknown deaths.
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R. P. Cronin, Jr
Manila
Bay Area
NBC
NBG
Church of
Santo Domingo
Australia counts United States as closest war ally
Melbourne December 27 Prime Minister John Curtin in the Melbourne Herald says Australia sees the United States as its closest war ally in the Pacific. He says Australia plans to shape a joint Pacific strategy with the United States and British, Chinese and Dutch forces while seeking American aid and ensuring Australia can stand firm until the tide turns.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Curlin
Melbourne Herald
Britain
Pacific
United States
America
Office Jammed By Army Minded Men
Several hundred applicants crowded the local Army recruiting office in the post office building over the news days. Sgt. Frank Likar reported daily enlistments at five to ten, with expectations to double after the new year as married and single men crowd the office seeking draft calls and enlistment before orders. Tech Sgt. John J. Chop led the unit with Star Sgt. Likar and Sgt. Christie Hoffman present.
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Army
Frank Likar
Likar
John J. Chop
Christie Hoff
Japanese Woman Carried Sub Machine Gun In Fight Near Manila
Manila dispatch reports a Japanese woman fighter among those killed or captured on Luzon’s east coast inland from Atimanan, about 75 miles southeast of Manila. She was said to be carrying a sub machine gun.
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Manila
Manila Builletin
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Luzon Island
Atimanan
Japanese Reinforcements Reported Pouring In
War Department said fleets of Japanese troop ships were landing reinforcements ashore north and southeast of Manila as heavy fighting raged southeast of the Philippine capital, with invasion efforts increasing in strength.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Philippine
Japan And Hitler Birds Of A Feather
Secretary of State Hull said Japan bombed Manila using barbaric cruelty, mirroring Hitler’s methods in Europe. The remark labeled Tokyo’s actions as equally brutal and condemned the open city bombing as an atrocity.
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Japan
Hitler
Washington
Hull
Manila
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