Soviets Break Thru To Take Offensive
Soviet forces declare breakthroughs at Lenin grad and Sevastopol ending long sieges. Red air units and guerrilla actions disrupt German lines as garrisons press the offensive and threaten German communications, with Russian reports noting possible junctures near Kerch and at Crimea ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leningrad
Sevastopol
Red Air Force
Crimean
Henry C. Cassidy
Kuibyshev
Crimea
Kerch
Seven Below Zero Again Across Washington County Area
D Paul Oswald reports night temperature at Chewsville dropped to seven below zero with ten below the day before. By 7 o clock Chewsville was seven above. Keedysville saw 6 to 7 below then rose to 6 above. Eastern Shore also sub zero with Salisbury at nine below. Cumberland and Big Savage Mountain recorded sub zero readings and mains breaks troubled the water department. Frost line reached a foot depth. Albert Heard notes continued municipal water issues.
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D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Washington County
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Salisbury
Big Savage Mountain
Allegany County
Cumberland
Cumberland Water Department
Frederick
Albert Heard
Municipal Water Department
Stubborn Fire In Williamsport Home Extinguished
Williamsport firemen battled a stubborn blaze last night at the home of Frank Weiderhold on Salisbury street. Origin undetermined, the fire began in the cellar and spread through partitions to the attic, delaying access but was brought under control with no major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Frank Weiderhold
Salispury Street
Dutch Beat Off Attack On Tarakan Island
Japanese bombers attacked Tarakan in the Dutch East Indies but caused no damage. Dutch defenders downed one bomber, crew killed. Australian air reinforcements and pilot training in Australia are under discussion in Sydney as Van Mook favors treating the Indies as a battlefront. Officials warn a major offensive may come soon with Japanese air patrols over the archipelago.
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Batavia
N.E. L
Tarakan
North Borneo
Sydney
Java Bode
Netherlands Indies
Australia
Hubertus J. van Mook
van Mook
Malaya
British Borneo
Thailand
Indo-China
Philippines
Indies
Williamsport Memorial Library to Invest Endowment in Bonds
The Williamsport Memorial Library Association decided last night that the safest use of their endowment fund is U S Defense Bonds. Officials prepared to convert the fund to bonds today. David K. Cushwa Jr. was re-elected chairman and other trustees were re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport Memorial Library Association
David K. Cushwa, Jr
Fires Burn After RAF Raid On Brest And Cherbourg Docks
London reports that strong RAF bombers left numerous fires burning in the German occupied Brest naval base after a major raid. The air ministry also said Cherbourg docks were bombed and two British aircraft failed to return.
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London
Brest
France
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Washington County Fans War Stamp Drive ToHuge Goal
By Monday night citizens of Washington County will see how the community supports the war effort. A Treasury fixed goal of 35000 for stamps has become a rallying call as donations surged past 50000 with two days left. Officials urge continued purchases to boost national morale and honor two local the Pearl Harbor deaths, signaling strong local patriotism and support for Roosevelt's war goals.
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Washington County
County youth advancing in Navy flight training
Milton K. Dennis 24 of Clearspring transfers from Jacksonville NAS to Miami area for a six week advanced course to learn to pilot warplanes from aircraft carriers. Upon completion he earns Navy wings and a commission as ensign in the Naval Reserve. Dennis, a Clearspring native, joined the Navy in Anacostia and studied at Shippensburg State Teachers College.
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America
Naval Air Force
Milton K. Dennis
Clearspring
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Miami
Fila
Navy
Dennis
Naval Reserve
Anacostia
D. C
Jacksonville
Charles EB. Dennis
State Teachers College
Shippensburg
1500 In Prisons Of State Could Work
Maryland’s governor announced a preliminary survey showing about 1500 male inmates could be used immediately for defense production work. About 500 could work outside under supervision on roads or similar projects. Roughly one third have some prior training in prison shop work.
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Annapolis
Maryland
O’conor
Stamps Purchased By Independent Junior Fire Company No 3
Independent Junior Fire Company No 3 bought stamps totaling 1850 at the Pangborn booth inside the Gas Company premises. The purchase records indicate defense stamps acquired for treasury needs and public value.
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Independent Junior Fire Company No. 3
Pangborn Booth
The
Gas Co
Army of four million will be inducted
Washington reports officials disclosed expansions in army inductions to potentially four million ground troops. The plan accelerates current registrants, with about one million already 1A and more to be drawn from eight to ten million fit men as needs arise. Existing strength near 1.7 million could rise to two million, with funding for equipment for up to a fourth million.
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Washington County
Washington
Britain
Stimson
War Department
Married Men Face Draft Changes and Class Reassignments
Males married after December 8 1941 will move to 1-A and face immediate induction. Married men with dependents who can work are next for induction after 1-A lists are exhausted, likely within weeks. Regents tighten deferment rules for those who wed after registering, shifting many from 3-A and delaying benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board
Foremen's Club Cancels Annual Dinner for War Effort
Waterbury Connecticut January 9 The Foremen's Club of Chase Metal on three shifts six days a week for war orders canceled its annual banquet after 27 years. The $3000 cost will be invested in a defense bond.
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Waterbury, Conn
Chase Metal Company
Young Willkie in Navy for Ensign Training
Philip L. Willkie 22 son of the 1940 Republican nominee left with 43 apprentice seamen for Annapolis to begin a four month course toward a commission as an ensign in the Naval Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Willkie
NAVY
New York
Philip L. Willkie
Annapolis
Naval Reserve
One Day Sales Surpass Week Goal At Local Post Office
Post office reports more than 40000 defense savings stamps sold yesterday, exceeding the entire week's goal by 5000 dollars and pushing two days remaining to surpass seventy thousand. Campaign leaders praise strong turnout and note the window stays open until 8 pm daily and Saturday. Over 30000 stamp albums have been distributed this week.
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Postofice
Defense Savings
Robert H. McCauley
McCauley
Thomas M. Simpson
Simpson
RAF Pounds Axis Reinforcements Reaching Rommel’s Army
Cairo dispatch reports the Axis sought to supply Rommel’s retreating Libyan Corps by sea amid constant air assaults on land routes. RAF claims air forces destroyed enemy aircraft, damaged transport and coastal ships moving stores from Tripoli to Gulf of Sirte beaches as Rommel shifts toward El Agheila and Agheila defenses. Australian Kittyhawk pilots claimed seven Axis aircraft down near Agedabia.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ita
Erwin Rommel
RAF
Aghella
Tripoli
Gulf of
Sirte
Rommel
Aedabia
el Agheila
Agedabia
White House uses RAF to drop 2 million French leaflets
The White House announced that the RAF successfully carried out its first US government mission by distributing over occupied France more than 2,000,000 French language leaflets. The leaflets contained excerpts from President Roosevelt and signaled future distributions elsewhere in Europe.
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Washington
White House
RAF
United States
France
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Europe
Early
Aged Woman Hurt In Fall In Potomac Avenue
Emma Garver 85 of 426 Potomac avenue slipped on ice and fell on a street yesterday. She fractured her pelvis and was later moved from home to Washington County Hospital where X rays showed the fracture. Attendants report her condition is satisfactory. Abram Horst 17 of Hagerstown Rt 4 lost two fingers at his place of employment in Maugansville yesterday and underwent amputation at Washington County Hospital. Earnest Clopper 21 of Hagerstown Rt 5 lost the index finger in a factory accident yesterday and had it amputated at Washington County Hospital.
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Emma Garver
Potomac Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Abram
Horst
Hagerstown
Earnest L. Clopper
Chinese Troops Move Up in British Burma
Chinese troops in British Burma are advancing to designated positions and more units stand ready to enter Burma if called. The main force is reported in Northern Burma, with the spokesman declining to specify whether forces would reach Rangoon.
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British
Burma
Chungking
British Burma
Rangoon
Chutes Save Seven Of Crew Of Bomber Near Hanna
Seven Army airmen parachuted to safety from a bomber over Hanna Wyoming last night. The eighth crewman was missing, possibly landing away from the others. Two men were treated for minor injuries at Hanna hospital. No names or crash details released by Army order.
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Hanna
Wyo
Hints U S Will Be Invaded by Japanese Press
Tokyo dispatch quotes the Japan Times and Advertiser predicting possible landings on the American continent in the Pacific war. It claims U S invulnerability is a myth, asserts Japan’s navy and Axis land forces can crush any allied army, and forecasts rapid fall of the Philippines and Singapore.
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Tokyo
Japan, Times, and Advertiser
Foreign Office
United States
Maginot Line
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
Golden Gate
Pacific Coast
U. S. Pacific
Philippines
Times and Advertiser
Japan
Germany
Italy
Not Apprehensive Invasion Talk From Tokyo
Washington dispatch reports that Tokyo discussed a possible Japanese invasion of the United States but American officers remained unalarmed. They note Japan is gambling 2,000 miles from home to seize the southwest Pacific, with invasion of the U S contingent on defeating the fleet, capturing Hawaii, and neutralizing Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Hawaii
Alaska
No Paying Jobs In Civilian Defense
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney stated there are no paid positions in Civilian Defense or Red Cross inquiries, emphasizing volunteering as patriotic duty. He noted funds raised support war implements for U S forces, not local comfort, framing emergency prep as citizens’ duty.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Red Cross
United States
Open Season Japs Sign Sparks Indiana Controversy
In Garrett Indiana a hardware store posted a sign reading Get your hunting license here No closed season on Japs prompting public backlash and calls for action as residents condemn the wartime era sentiment.
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Garrett
Ind
Minor Fire at Jefferson Street Fur nace Pipe
Firemen were called to 426 Jefferson Street this morning to extinguish a smoldering blaze in a furnace pipe that caused no damage.
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Jefferson Street
Attack By Enemy Sub Near Tokyo Signals Wider War
A 2250 ton freighter Unkai Maru No. 1 was torpedoed 100 miles south of Tokyo in a submarine raid near Izu Shichito, as Imperial Japan reports indicate. Tokyo asserts British defeat near Troika on the Singapore railroad and a fierce battle at Slim River north of Kuala Lumpur. China’s forces reportedly break through outer Japanese defenses at major held cities in Chungking dispatches.
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Associated. Presa
Japan
Imperial
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Navy
Imperial’ Tokyo
Izu Shichito
Yokohama
Troika
Singapore
Juala Lumpur
Slim River
Kuala
Lumpur
Hiohito
China
Chungking
Escape By Playing Possum Saves Five Soldiers
Five American soldiers trapped by Japanese on Luzon Island during Christmas were saved by a bold ruse. Three pretended to be dead for 25 hours while Sgt Morrell y and Sgt Mitchell with Privates Anson Gillis and Hall crawled to safety through enemy lines, rejoining U S forces.
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Fort Mills
Luzon Island
P. I
Emil Morrelly
Mitchell
William Anson
Joe Gillis
William M. Hall
Salinas
Calif
Luzon
Mitchel
Anson
U. S
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Joseph S., Froelich
Frederick Friedl Pfeiffer
Bureau of Immigration
Treasury Department
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Ington
Rooesvelt
Sam
Postoffice
R.A.F
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