Washington county Fourth War Loan quota set at 2 400 000
County Chairman John D Hollyday announced the Fourth War Loan Drive quota for Washington county at 2 400 000 dollars, just under the third campaign. The drive opens Tuesday Jan 18 with a county meeting at Nicodemus National Bank Jan 12 7 30 pm. Participants include representatives from 12 banks and many local groups.
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Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Nicodemus National Bank
Hollyday
Substan
Uelly
Howard W Jackson
Baltimore
Baltimore Bank
Harper R. Clark
First National Bank
Thomasb. McConnell
Maryland Trust Company
Roland CG. Mays
Union Trust Co
Alvin Riebling
Equitable Trust Co
William F. Wiley
Baltimore National Bank
Draft Procedure Change In Effect For Selective Service
Local Selective Service officials announced a change in procedure that reclassifies every registrant in 11-A to 1-A before his physical, unless a deferment form is filed by the employer. Self employed men may seek an occupational deferment. Reclassification starts immediately and employers of male labor aged 22 to 37 should file the appropriate forms for deferment requests. Ages 18 to 21 require special state director permission before any 11-A or 11-B placement.
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Selective Service
Director of Selective Service
Nazi Retreats Propaganda Shapes German Press and Screens
Propaganda notes show Germans shifting to cultural images as war turns. Newsreels were once banned then allowed with censorship. British and American films dominate screens while German outlets push messages urging capitulation by citing Italy. Public mood dented by eastern front losses, Scharnhorst sinking, and RAF raids.
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Pariser Zeithing
Scharnhorst
Berlin
RAF
Voelkischer Beobachter
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Italy
Ifert herd records high butterfat and milk yield
The Ifert herd had official records with pounds of butterfat and 11,049 pounds of milk documented, indicating notable dairy production figures for the herd.
Congress Faces Subside Subsidy and Tax Overhaul
Congress debates food subsidy and payroll tax amid uncertain State of the Union timing. Aiming to finish Social Security and revenue provisions, lawmakers weigh absentee voting for servicemen, war contracts amendments, and postwar planning. Senate and House panels prepare action on veterans mustering out pay and election reforms.
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Roosevelt
George
Congress
Lucas
D-Ill
Green
DRI
Worley
House Elections Committee
Senate
House Committee
Worsley
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Russell
Georgia
Billy the Doughboy Captures German Prisoners in No Man’s Land
A small Peoria bakery worker, Billy, lured the Germans to believe their position was surrounded. He then turned the entire German column, seven automatons, nine binoculars, and a machine pistol over to American lines, earning praise for his bold act.
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Peoria Army
Billy
Soldier Billy Miller Sends Message After Eager Return
In Peoria Billy Miller, after telling his family he is well, asks to pass greetings to Peggy Mitchem of Macon Georgia and to tell friends he is okay. His father calls him born with a gun, a crack shot, while his mother voices pride. The pair met in Macon during his overseas assignment.
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Ments
Roy Miller
Peoria
Peggy Mitchem
Macon
Billy
Mason
Mitchem
Athens
Fire Leaves Family Homeless in Point of Rocks
A fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin E. Toms near Point of Rocks Maryland leaving their children homeless. Neighbor Connie Toms 17 alerted the fire but the blaze had grown before help arrived and some family members fled in night clothes.
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Point OF Rocks
Alvin E. Toms
Hormtless
Frederick County
Creaney
Connie Toms
Berlin Actimts Russian Trap Is Closing
Soviet forces push through Scha stlivaya toward Vinnitsa as German lines collapse in Ukraine. Red Armies drive south and west around the Dnieper, threatening a ring as 110 towns fall and 2,300 Germans are killed in two actions. Baltic and Stockholm reports note chaotic retreat and stretched German supply lines.
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Dnieper
Stockholm
Berlin
Buki
Alexandrovka
Smela
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ivan
Konev
Harbor Of Pola Hit By Forts In Planned Strike
Harbor of Pola, a key Nazi base, was believed struck by forts with submarine pens potentially damaged. Enemy planes observed but did not attack, and anti aircraft fire was mild. Lt. Joseph A. Jones described lighter flak and more explosions than before as Pola resembled Trieste and Fiume.
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Pola
Jerry
Joseph A. Jones
Colorado Springs
Colo
Trieste
Fiume
German Balkan supply chain and Italian factory damage offer wartime detail
The report notes German war material shipped by rail to three ports for covert transfer to ships along the Yugoslav coast for expeditionary support. Photographic analysis shows the Villar Perosa ball bearing plant near Turin was damaged by a fortress raid on January 3, leaving the facility knocked out for an extended period and signaling significant disruption to supply lines. Moccasin venom preparations are used to stop bleeding.
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Yugoslavia
Balkans
Germany
Villar Perosa
Turin
Italy
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Newville, Pa
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Europe
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Hagerstown MD
Leiter Brothers
Hagerstown
Greece
Robert Riggn
The
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