Heavy Losses Highlight Japanese Air Struggles at New Britain
Allied reports show over 230 Japanese planes shot down in two weeks around New Britain with 30 Allied losses. Analysts question Japan’s air strength, pilots, and ability to concentrate fighters for battles as raids and invasions unfold near Arawe Cape Gloucester Kavieng and Rabaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Streeter
Associated Press
New Britain
Japan
Marshalls
Pacific
Arawe
Rabaul
Tokyo
Cape Gloucester
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Cape Hoskins
Kavieng
New Ireland
Truk
Ood
Bari
Days of Prayer Proclaimed by Maryland Governor
Executive proclamation designates January 1 and 2, 1944 as Maryland Days of Prayer urging public worship and home devotion to seek strength for armed forces and unity for victory. Governor Herbert R. OConor notes wartime sorrow and calls for enduring peace via nations of good will.
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Executive Department
Annapolis-Maryland
Mary- Land
Herbert R. Gcongr
State OF
Maryland
Annan
Otis
Herbert BR
O'Conor
Local Recruiting Station Moves to New Hagerstown Office
The Hagerstown United States Army Recruiting Station relocates January 3 to 100 North Potomac Street. Women interested in joining the Women's Army Corps can contact the office, with the same telephone number Hagerstown 3425. The new building, formerly an officers’ club sponsored by the Lions Club, will host an open house for public inspection of the WAC quarters.
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Hagerstown
United States Army
North Potomac Street
Women's Army Corps
Lions Club of
WACS
All Nine Children At Xmas Reunion In Chestnut Grove
Mrs Earl Holmes of Chestnut Grove hosts a Christmas Day reunion with all nine children present along with grandchildren. Among the attendees is Private Cleveland Holmes on furlough from the Canal Zone. Three other children live out of town, with one in Keedysville.
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Earl Holmes
Chestnut Grove
Christmas notices and local updates from Sharpsburg
Sharpsburg notes report illness and holiday visits among residents including Western Maryland College students, local church services, a Christmas pageant, and mortgage burning observance at Williamsport Methodist. Mentioned are Calvin Mumma Jr. injuries, promotions at Bainbridge Field, and plans for Watchnight service.
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The
Methodist Church
East Church Street
Wilamsport
AIL
Cyril J. Hoover
Invasion’s Air and Naval Chiefs Appointed
President Roosevelt announced key Allied commands in World War II. Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle will lead the Eighth Air Force in Great Britain. Lt. Gen. Ira C. Baker heads all Allied air units in the Mediterranean under Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers becomes deputy to Wilson to command American forces in the Mediterranean. Maj. Gen. Nathan Twining leads the Fifteenth Air Force in the Mediterranean.
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Plete
Bernard L. Montgomery
Roosevelt
Washington
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Eighth Air Force
Great Britain
Ira C. Baker
Mediterranean
Henry Maitland Wilson
Jacob L. Devers
United States
Britain
Wilson
Nathan ¥. Twining
U. S
Solomons
Fifteenth Air Force
Board Discusses Washington County Assessment Plan
The Board of County Commissioners and Tax Supervisor Guy Gantz discussed inaugurating a permanent assessment system in Washington County next month. Property will be assessed by class rather than by geography, with reassessments every five years and one class assessed annually. Permanent assessors Ellis G. Hoover and Claude Artz are to take office in January and begin planning. A State Tax Commission representative will visit this month to instruct the two assessors working under Supervisor Gantz.
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Washington County
Board of County Commissioners
Guy Gantz
Ellis G. Hoover
Claude ©. Artz
State Tax Commission
Gantz
Comedian Thompson Joins Navy for Boat Training
William Henry Thompson thirty radio comedian known as Mr Wimple Horatio K Boomer and Nick De Populous was inducted into the Navy in Milwaukee and sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boat training He volunteered earlier to his Chicago draft board as Navy offices there are overtaxed and he was sworn in with other Chicagoans.
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Milwaukee
William Henry Thompson
Mr. Wimple
Horatio K. Boomer
Nick de Populous
Navy
Great Lakes (ii
Naval Training Station
Thompson
Local price quotes show varied rationed commodities
Readable fragments list prices paid for wheat flour bacon lard and eggs, with references to ceiling prices and OPA controls. Mentions include quantities per pound and local market notes, though many items are garbled. The piece preserves a snapshot of wartime price controls and farm-market terms without coherent totals.
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Fernizbea
Kitne
Time Inc Buys Blue Network Stake From Noble
Time Inc buys 12 percent of American Broadcasting System owner of the Blue network from Edward Noble for 8 million dollars. The move expands Time’s broadcasting scope with immediate access to NBC newscasts and a broadened news service from war fronts.
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New York
Time, Inc
Blue Network
Edward Moble
Radio Corporation of America
Time
Life and Fortune
American Broadcasting System
Chester J. Laroche
Noble
NBC
Marines Push Toward Airport on Gloucester
Marines press toward an airfield at Gloucester as they flee stores escaping heavy explosives. Four Japanese air attacks on the beachheads were repulsed. 36 to 86 planes were downed by ships and fighters. Arawe patrols resumed in jungle areas above the base as American forces recover from a Sunday counterattack. Our losses were slight.
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New Britain
Bergen Bay
Cape
Arawe
Sixth Army
Umtingalu
Board of Appeal Sits at Hagerstown City Hall Today
Western Maryland Selective Service Board of Appeal will meet at headquarters Hagerstown City Hall today. About ninety appeals are expected from registrants in Montgomery Carroll Howard Frederick Washington Allegany and Garrett counties. Chairman Thomas W Pangborn presides.
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Western Maryland
Selective Service Board of Appeal
Hagerstown City Hall
Montgomery
Carroll
Howard
Frederick
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Thomas W. Pangborn
Case Closed In Homer Lewis Money Theft Return
The police marked the inquiry closed after the alleged stolen cash was returned to Homer Lewis of North Locust Street. The incident occurred while he was visiting a Charles Street residence several nights ago.
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Homer Lewis
North Locust Street
Charles Street
FDR Addresses Postwar Plans Amid Fourth Term Talk
President Roosevelt rejected calls for a fourth term and outlined postwar aims. He urged continuation of the New Deal only as it fits future needs, warned against economic or military isolationism, and pressed for a coordinated plan to expand the economy, create jobs, and improve housing, health, and education.
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Roosevelt
Harrison E. Spangler
Spankler
White House
South
Thaddeus Stevens
House
Beneft
Signpost to Cheltenham and the fate of human destiny
A preacher reflects at a crossroads where a fallen compass shows four directions. He argues that if humans came from God, they are on a divine journey toward heaven, and a materialist origin leads to a homeless destiny. He frames origin, purpose, and ultimate destination.
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Karl L. Douglass
Cheltenham
God
Heaven
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