Treacherous roads in four Maryland counties amid snow and mist
The Sixth District State Roads Commission reported icy highways in Western Maryland with snow and mist in Hagerstown Garrett Allegany and Frederick counties. Crews in trucks worked to treat roads while motorists were warned to use chains and avoid travel unless necessary. States police called highways nasty in spots and weather observer J A Miller noted a low around 23 and a morning temperature of 28.
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Maryland
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Garrett
Allegany
Frederick
Free State
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Baby Born In Snow Drift In Cleveland Do Well
Teri Ano Zellman was born in a snow bank outside St. Luke's hospital and is reported to be without ill effects. The mother Mrs Harry Zellman fell entering the hospital yesterday and a motorist found the baby minutes later. Hospital attendants say both mother and baby are satisfactory and doing well.
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Cleveland
Teri Ano Zellman
St. Luke's Hospital
Harry Zellman
Hory J Keller Celebrates 90th Birthday at Cavetown
Henry J Keller longtime Hagerstown poultry and egg businessman quietly marked his ninetieth birthday at his Cavetown home on Tuesday December 26. He retired about ten years ago after years in the poultry trade.
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Henry J. Keller
Cavetown
Thief repays ham theft with ration points offer
Oklahoma City reports a thief can redeem a stolen 11 pound ham by mailing 75 ration points to Dave Cleveland. Cleveland notes he lacks enough points to replace the ham and accepts the settlement. Also reported are the recovery of Grunewald’s Isenheim altarpiece and two divorce decrees for Dorothy Carter and Christine Bermel.
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Oklahoma City
Dave Cleveland
Cleveland
Austrian-Bound Reds Roll On To New Gains
Soviet units push through Nazi defenses above the Danube and across the Hron river as fighting rages in Budapest. In Buda Russian troops slaughter trapped garrison in hand to hand combat while in Pest defenders struggle against a penetrating Russian armor advance. Across the Pilis hills, casualties mount as Russians kill 2,500 yesterday after taking 2,200 the day before. The advance nears Bratislava plains as river crossings ease.
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London
Danube
Hron River
Budapest
Buda
Pest
Pilis
Hron
Bratislava
Greek King appoints regent as Greece seeks stable regency
New York dispatch reports King George II of Greece approved the establishment of a regency under Archbishop Damaskinos. Indications show Elas leaders offered arbitration to Prime Minister Churchill and a truce, while Premier Papandreou may resign and Sophoulis told to form a new cabinet.
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Athens
George II
Greece
Damaskinos
Elas
Churchill
Ronald Scobie
London
George Papandreou
Themistokles Sophoulis
Eggs Fall to 50 Cents a Dozen at City Market
Eggs dropped to 50 cents a dozen at City Market this morning the lowest price in weeks. Hens near peak production and plentiful supplies drove the decline while buyers filled the lively market.
No Use GRANTS PASS New Year's Eve ad ends with fire
Date Smith owner of a roadside chicken dinner place walked into a newspaper office to place an advertisement for a New Year's Eve party. The editor told him it was no use. While Smith was in town shopping for supplies the roadhouse had burned down.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Smith
Northern England Seismic Tremor Shakes Cities
An earthquake described as Britain’s worst in years struck Northern England early today. Manchester buildings were violently shaken, with tremors felt in West Bromwich and Leeds. seismologist J J W Shaw placed the epicenter between Manchester and Darlington.
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London
Britain
England
Manchester
West Bromwich
Leeds
J. J. W. Shaw
Darlington
Pfc Bowman Awarded Silver Star for Gallantry in Italy
Pfc Harry F. Bowman Jr of Williamsport Maryland was awarded the Silver Star by Fifth Army in Italy. While aiding a wounded soldier, Bowman jumped into a German trench, wrestled a pistol from an enemy, and dragged him out, saving the lives of his comrades according to the citation.
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Harry F. Bowman, Jr
East Potomac Street
Williamsport
Italy
Daily Mail
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Red Bull” Division
Bowman
Soldier's Wife Slain Hours After Return Home
In Philadelphia a returning corporal, Harry E. Hertel, finds his wife Betty dead from a heart wound just hours after reuniting. Police identify the intruder as 40-year-old Charles Serwalt, found dead with a revolver in hand. Hertel chased down by two friends after hearing his wife cry for help. The tragedy occurs shortly after midnight in their apartment. Hertel reports he did not know Serwalt.
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Philadelphia
Corp
Harry E. Hertel
Betty Hertel
Charles Serwalt
Join
McEnroe Pane Corp
Hertel
Serwalt
Mrs. Hertel
Usual 5 000 Christmas Cards Fail Of Delivery In This City
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson reports about 5 009 Christmas cards in the city failed to reach addressees last week due to improper addresses. Cards will be opened to locate senders if undeliverable, with many eventually going to the dead letter office. For the nation, about 600 such cards remain undelivered each year. The post office set record cancellations during December with 162 825 on December 18 and 1 252 988 in the first 24 days, while parcel handling peaked on December 19.
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Thomas M. Simpson
Simpson
Anti Gravity Suit Secret Helped Allied Fliers
A Berl ger G-2 anti gravity suit nicknamed the zoot suit boosted Allied air power in World War II. It prevents pilots from blacking out during steep climbs and turns by returning blood to the brain, increasing maneuverability and reducing fatigue for P-47 Thunderbolt, Mustang, and Lightning pilots against German aircraft.
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Thunderbolt
Leaflet Shower Like Termites On Nazi Morale
London reports a 1944 air war propaganda campaign clustering to over 250 million leaflets dropped by RAF night bombers across 12 European countries. British intelligence call the effort a termite-like morale hit, highlighting a frontline message promising safe conduct and eventual internment in Canada before return to Germany.
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London
Europe
Air Ministry
RAF
Germany
Cumta
Canada
Fatherland
Tightening Of Shoe Ration In 1945 Predicted
Washington dispatch reports imminent tightening of shoe rationing. Two pairs per year cannot continue in 1945, with the next coupon unlikely to be validated until mid-summer at the earliest. OPA may announce the revision soon while aircraft stamps remain valid.
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Washington
OPA
Europe
Realty Sales Hit Hundred Thousand In Boonsboro Area
Real estate market shows active week with total sales around 100000 dollars. Transactions include Blanche E. Shelby and Fred W. O’Neal for five acres on Boonsboro Cavetown road, Lindsay F. McGruer to Lloyd H. Bonders for eight acres near Haferstown, John L. Lighter to Stewart A. Ellis for a half acre along the Boonsboro to Sharpsburg Pike, May Finn to Edward L. Vail for property on Pennsylvania Avenue, and executors M. Berry Doub to Clyde B. Thomas.
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Blanche E. Shelby
Fred W. O'Neal
Boonsboro
Cavetown
Lindsay F. McGruer
Lloyd H. Bonders
Highway Three
Hagerstown
John L. Lighter
Stewart A. Ellis
Pike
Sharpsburg
Thel May Finn
Edward L. Vail
Pennsylvania Avenue
M. Berry Doub
Clyde B. Thomas
Airplane Plant Seeks Jockey Talent For Lightweight Work
Chicago Douglas Aircraft plant reports work for jockeys and other small statured riders following race track closings. The firm says lightweight personnel can fit in small fuselage areas and will be employed in aircraft production, sending telegrams to jockeys including Bobby Permane at Tropical Park in Coral Gables Florida.
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Cihcago
Chicago
Douglas Aircraft
Bobby Permane
Tropical Park Track
Coral Gables
Fla
Thieves Fail To Break Into Spielman’s Liquor Store
Two men attempted an early morning break in at Spielman’s Liquor Store on West Franklin Street. Snow tracks indicated two suspects. a rear door glass was broken but bolts and bars stopped entry. Police are investigating.
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Spielman
West Franklin Street
Evergreen Trees Stolen From Lawn
Two evergreen trees on the lawn of Mr and Mrs George A Sites on Fairview mountain were stolen last Saturday night. The bow shaped trees were sawed off by the thief. A coroner's jury absolved J W Hampton near Chambersburg from blame after his car collided with the sled carrying 10 year old Dale Ricard near Chambersburg on Sunday evening. Ricard suffered a fractured skull.
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George A. Sites
Fairview Mountain
J. W. Hampton
Chambersburg
Dale Ricard
Fractures Wrist Of G. E. Anderson At Summit Avenue
G. E. Anderson of 727 Summit Avenue, employed at Western Maryland shops, is confined at home with a fractured left wrist after slipping on a slippery sidewalk yesterday.
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G. E. Anderson
Summit Avenue
Maryland
No Daily Mail New Year Edition Planned
The Daily Mail announces there will be no issue on Monday New Year unless news events warrant a special edition. Readers are wished a very Happy New Year.
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The
Daily Mail
Pvt Theodore Wolfe Killed In Action In Germany
Theodore Wolfe nineteen son of Mrs Annie Shank Wolfe and the late Arthur Wolfe of Williamsport was killed in action in Germany on November 28 per War Dept notification. Inducted April 27 1944 he had been overseas since October 1. A former employee of the Freq L Glaze orchards and packing house he is survived by his mother brothers Samuel Joseph Walter and Robert at home sisters Mrs Wilson Baker and Mrs Allen Kuhn.
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Theodore Wolfe
Annie Shank Wolfe
Arthur Wolfe
Conococheague Street
Williamsport
Germany
War Dept
Wolfe
Freq L. Glaze Orchards and Packing House
Samuel E
Joseph
Walter
Robert
Wilson B. Baker
Allen B. Kuhn
Hagerstown
Byrnes Maintains Ban On Animal Racing By January 3
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes refused to modify his demand that all animal racing end by January 3. The White House noted petitions to relax the deadline, including a request from Fair Grounds in New Orleans seeking extensions to January 31. Byrnes said advance notice was not always possible due to wartime pressures and that the request was necessary for the war effort.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
White House
Byrnes
Fair Grounds
New Orleans
War Food orders divert North Georgia poultry
A War Food Administration order to divert all poultry produced in north Georgia from civilian channels will be issued early next week, the Atlanta Constitution reported today.
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Atlanta
War Food Administration
Georgia
The
Atlanta Constitution
First Infantry Division breaks German SS elite drive near Butgenbach
Worn Americans of the First Infantry Division halted Heinrich Himmler's 12th SS Elite Guard as the German offensive aimed at St Vith. The battle, fought east of Malmedy, created a graveyard of wrecked tanks and frozen German corpses on the Becke-Beottenfront as heavy losses ended the thrust toward Spa and Liege.
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Wes Gallagher
Moschau
Germany
First
Marshal von Rundstedt
Heinrich Himmler
12Th
First Division
Beece
Butgenbach
Malmedy
Africa
Sicily
von Rundstedt
Churchill predicts victory in Europe in 1945
Prime Minister Churchill in a New Year message to the Primrose League expressed cautious hope that Germany will be beaten in 1945. He said the Allies were entering a year that should bring victory in Europe and urged no slackening in the final phase of the war.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Primrose League
Europe
Gloria Vanderbilt Estate Valued at 4.37 Million
The Gloria Vanderbilt estate in New York was appraised at 4,365,099 dollars in an annual account by guardian Thomas F. Gilchrist of Yonkers. Disbursements from December 25, 1943, to December 27, 1944 totaled 135,496 dollars, including an annual 21,000 dollar payment to her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt.
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New York
Gloria Vanderpilt di
Dehydrated Love Wins Liars Club Award Tale
Burlington Wis December 30 Captain Hope Harrin of Conway Ark won the 1944 Liars Club top prize for a tale about dehydrated love. The contest drew about 5000 entries. Harrin, serving in the Women's Army Corps overseas, described a scheme to dehydrate a girlfriend for shipment, then revived her with water. The story reflects the club's notorious tall tale tradition and Harrin's unique angle as a female service member.
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WAC
Liars’ Club Award
Burlington
Wis
Hope Harrin
Conway
Ark
Burlington Liars Club
Harrin
Hone
Associated Press
Harvin
Women’s Army Corps
ETO
Lime Air Mail
Hale Barnhouse
Fowlerville
Mich
O. C. Hulett
Liars Club Press
Winters Battle In Belgium Shifts As German Push Stalls
Paris reports a German winter drive into Belgium slowed by American counterblows that widened the U S Third Army corridor to Bastogne and pressed the German spearheads back. Von Rundstedt may pull back armor, while Allied planners face uncertain next moves in a foggy, high-stakes front.
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Paris
Belgium
3Rd Army
Bastogne
1St Army
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Berlin
U. S
U S Forces Alerted In Panama As Cabinet Resigns
In Balboa Panama City Panamanian political upheaval followed the resignation of President Ricardo Adolfo De La Guardia's cabinet. U S armed forces in the Canal Zone were placed on full alert by Maj Gen Ralph Meyer to keep personnel out of Panama jurisdiction. Fourteen deputies allied with a manifesto awaited transport to the Mexican Embassy for asylum. De La Guardia met with political leaders to plan next steps.
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Balboa
Panama
U. S
Panama Canal Zone
Ricardo Adolpho da la Guardia
de la Guardia
Tivoli
Ancon
Canal Zone
Ralph €. Meyer
Panama Canal Department
Freight Movement Shows An Increase
The Association of American Railroads reported 762,449 cars of revenue freight loaded for the week ending last Saturday. This marks a 1.7 percent rise from the prior week and an 18.9 percent increase from the same week last year, with a 28.0 percent gain versus two years ago.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Brown argues for extended dancing hours in Spokane
In Spokane Washington FE Brown presented an argument before county commissioners to permit dancing until 7 am on New Year's Day. He said he estimated the business would gain and offset costs, noting the New Year’s period could boost attendance and revenue.
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Spokane
Wash
FE. J. Brown
Brown
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Christian Bermel
Christine Bermel
Calvert K. Bartle
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