Italy Leads United Front for Balkans Against Soviet
Ankara reports Indications that Italy is taking the lead for a united front in southeastern Europe against Soviet aggression. Turkish leaders see Rome's stance as compatible with British and French aims for a Balkan bloc as a barrier to Russian and German expansion. Turkey, allied with Britain and France, notes ongoing talks to ease Balkan differences including a Sofia conference between Turkish and Bulgarian leaders.
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Ankara
Italy
Europe
Russia
Turkey
Danube
Balkans
Rome
Balkan
Britain
France
Sofia
Numan Menemencoglu
Hancock Apples Go to Florida in War-Time Market Shift
Hancock apple growers find a new market in Florida as wartime disruption hits foreign demand. A large shipment of 442 bushels was sent to Miami this week by Stanley Fulton in a van that had just delivered citrus fruit.
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Hancock Apple Growers
Florida
Miami
Stanley Fulton
Maritime Commission Advances Plans for Two Giant Liners
Washington officials say the Maritime Commission has advanced its plan to build two giant liners that can be quickly converted into aircraft carriers in wartime. Bids are expected to be invited soon as the project moves forward.
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Washington
Jan
Maritime Commission
Rain Forecast Frustrations Spur Local Water Talk
The Weather Man predicts showers tonight and tomorrow, but past forecasts have failed. Albert Heard, superintendent of the municipal water department, urges rain to feed streams feeding Edgemont reservoir which now sits at about one tenth capacity. Hagestown draws 5,000,000 gallons daily from the costly Potomac River. Chewsville observer D. Paul Oswald notes a 23 degree low and 33 degree high by 10 PM.
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Albert Heard
Municipal Water Department
Heard
Edgemont
Hagerstown
Potomac River
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Maryland Weather Update Cloudy with light rain likely weekend
The U S Weather Bureau reports Maryland will see cloudy conditions with light rain beginning late tonight or Sunday and little temperature change. Chesapeake Bay adds fog tonight and Sunday with light rain starting late tonight or early Sunday and moderate northeast and east winds.
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U.S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook For The Week Ahead
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers the North and Middle Atlantic States. Rain or snow in northern New York and rain elsewhere Monday and Monday night ending Tuesday. Generally fair otherwise, with rain in the south and snow or rain in the north around Saturday. Temperatures rise Monday and Monday night, dip midweek, then rise again late week.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
New York
South
Heart Disease Survey Reveals Facts From Local Schools
A United States Public Health Service survey, conducted with local officials, studies rheumatic fever in children at Antietam, Winter Street and Woodland Way schools. The project, now in its third year, uses stethographic film records to compare heart conditions and disease susceptibility in youths.
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United States Public Health Service
Antietam
Winter Street
Woodland Way
Four Die In Plane Crash Near Detroit
In Casey on January 13 four people died when a small plane crashed into a muddy cornfield and burned. Victims include Mrs Mary Borowicz 47, her son Leonard 19 and daughter Joanne 17, of Detroit Michigan, and pilot William B Maycock 44 head of Maycock charter service. A checkbook and letter near the bodies indicated a Phoenix Av., trip for health treatments.
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Casey
Jil
E. A. Lashmer
Cumberland County
Detroit
Mich
Mary Borowicz
Leonard
Joanne
William B. Maycock
Maycock
Borowicz
Lashmet
Phoenix
Avt
Tonoloway Pupils Moved After School Fire
The Tonoloway School pupils are moved to Hancock grammar school with Miss Louise Weaver as teacher after the Tonoloway building was destroyed by fire about a week ago.
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Tonoloway School
Hancock Grammar School
Louise Weaver
Boy Prefers Tent Home Over Beverly Hills Mansion
In Lemoncove California on January 13 twelve year old David Hobbs who once lived with actress Ann Sothern and bandleader Roger Pryor in a Beverly Hills mansion has returned to his eleven siblings. He says he feels happier with his family and their tent house by the Kaweah river. The boy had been placed with Miss Sothern after she noticed him selling papers in Dallas and arranged for adoption, but he asked to leave and go home with his parents who visited him recently.
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Lemoncove
Calif
David Hobbs
Beverly Hills
Ann Sothern
Roger Pryor
Kaweah River
David
Texas
Pryor
Henry Hobbs
Miss Sothern
Beery Water Stronger Delights Joliet Residents
Joliet, Illinois residents reported their tap water tasted of beer after beer likely leaked from a local brewery into the water mains. Water Commissioner Joseph F. Whalen said the issue drew many complaints and odd calls before the flavor faded.
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Joliet
Joseph F. Whalen
Hotel Sale Pending in Hagerstown
Negotiations are under way for the sale of the Colonial Hotel to a former local businessman seeking a return to Hagerstown. The hotel is currently operated by the First National Bank receiver, with an option given to the former resident and Comptroller of Currency approval anticipated. The new owner is expected to greatly improve the property and operate it as a hotel.
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Hagerstown
First National Bank
U.S. Comptroller of Currency
Driver Fined For Accident On Boonsboro Pike
Russell E. Houpt, 19, Mapleville, pleaded guilty to failing to observe a boulevard sign after his car collided with Harry O. Decker’s machine near the Sunrise Inn on December 30. Houpt, injured in the crash, received a $5 fine plus costs from Magistrate M. W. B. Bostetter. Decker’s car was damaged about $300. he escaped injury.
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Russell E. Houpt
Mapleville
Harry O. Decker
Baltimore
Boonsboro Pike
Sunrise Inn
M. W. B. Bostetter
Houpt
Decker
Foreigner soldiers in Germany interned at outbreak of war
About 200 British and French citizens living in Germany at the war’s outbreak have been interned, authorities said. All are men of military age.
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Berlin
Germany
Soviet Bombers Hit Helsinki Killing Two In Finland Raid
Soviet Russian bombers raided southern Finland today causing two deaths and four injuries in Helsinki. The attack struck civilians and damaged multiple buildings, with authorities launching emergency response and investigations ongoing.
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Helsinki
Finland
Soviets Leave Arctic Port as Finnish Line Tightens
Stockholm reports Soviet troops withdraw from Liinahamari Arctic port while Finns and Russians on the Salla front prepare for a major battle. Russian cruisers retreat except one as road to Salmijarvi is cut, complicating supply. Loudspeakers on Karelian Isthmus urge Finnish defenders to surrender within 48 hours. Red Army, 40,000 men, and reinforcements reported at Salla sector.
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Copenhagen
Liinahamari
Finland
Petsamo
Stockholm
Salla
Salmijarvi
Arctic
Karelian
Red Army
Congress Moves Cautiously on Finland Aid Proposals
Congress shows measured stance on President Roosevelt’s Finland aid idea amid neutrality concerns. House passed a $264,611,252 deficiency bill funding Army Navy Coast Guard anti spy and neutrality patrol personnel, with Senate committee to review next week as recess continues.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Baltic Republic
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Mr Roosevelt
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Frederick Democrats back neutrality in Radcliffe Bruce race
Frederick county Democratic leaders say they will take a neutral position in the U S Senate contest between George L Radcliffe and Howard Bruce. They aim to act in concert with the district groups while watching reactions across the state and consider Mayor Howard Jackson's stance. The group also endorses Representative William D Byron for renomination if he faces a primary.
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Frederick County
U. S
George L. Radcliffe
Howard Bruce
New Citizen
Frederick
Radcliffe
Bruce
Howard Jackson
Baltimore
William D. Byron
California Town Fire Levels Downtown Block
In Redding California a large downtown block was leveled by a fire that followed a mysterious explosion. About seven stores were destroyed and damage was estimated between $500,000 and over $1,000,000 as 40 volunteers and eight salaried firefighters fought the blaze from 2:30 a m. onward.
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Redding
Cal
William Clement
Pioneer
A. m
German ships hunted in South Atlantic by British warships
Naval sources say two German vessels are operating in the South Atlantic and being hunted by British ships. No details on size or identity available. One vessel believed to be a warship possibly a cruiser, the other an auxiliary ship said to have accompanied Graf Spee.
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Buenos Aires
South Atlantic
Graf Spee
Must Break County Law To Obey Order
Anne Arundel County Board of Education must break a county law to follow a Federal court order. Judge Calvin W. Chestnut ordered payment of equal salaries to 91 Negro teachers and their white counterparts, about 40,000 more dollars not in the budget. No appeal planned, but they fear budget-law violations.
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Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Calvin W. Chestnut
Noah Hillman
Food Delivered To Needy In A Hearse
Potatoes and spinach and other life giving foods were distributed to 950 needy families in St Louis today. Motor trouble kept the charity truck in the shop so an undertaker donated a hearse to transport baskets of groceries and vegetables.
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ST. Louis
Motor Trouble
Italy Plans Rome to Patagonia Nonstop Flight
Preparations finished for a Rome to Patagonia nonstop flight to set a world distance record. Col Angelo Tondi will command a tri motor monoplane at dawn tomorrow from Rome. Six British fliers previously covered 7,162 miles from Ismailia to Darwin in 1938.
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Rome
Patagonia
Argentina
Angelo Tondi
Ismailia
Suez Canal
Darwin
Australia
Game Refuge Land Bought for Wildlife Restoration Project
State Game Warden BE Lee Le Compte announced the purchase of about 1200 acres in Washington County for a wildlife restoration project in the Indian Springs district. Ernest V. Vaughn will supervise as game technician, with ample food and cover planned for the tract. The department will also set up seven other wildlife areas in Worcester and Garrett counties this year.
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Lee LeCompte
Washington County
Indian Springs
Iernest V. Vaughn
LeCompte
Worchester
Garrett County
Gard
Jaycee Board Meeting Set at Hotel Alexander
The Maryland State Junior Chamber of Commerce board will meet at the Hotel Alexander at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. This first directors’ meeting since the election outlines plans for the year. Leslie Helmer of Cumberland will preside, with Hagers Town members Arlee Sica Odelle Leiter Harold Helm and Ivan Rohrer on the board. Attending will be representatives from Baltimore Frederick Cumberland Hancock and Frostburg junior chambers.
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Maryland State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hotel
Alexander
Leslie Helmer
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Harold Helm
Ivan Rohrer
Baltimore
Frederick
Hancock and
Frostburg
Seven families seek new life on lonely East Caicos Island
Seventeen families and four others, totaling 21 people, plan to depart for an uninhabited East Caicos Island in the Bahama group to establish a self sufficient community. They aim to light electric and radio, build permanent homes from hardwoods, establish a broadcasting station, grow papaya for medicine, catch sharks for liver oil, and cultivate sisal fiber. R C Irvine leads the group and argues the move offers a more meaningful life beyond current social divides.
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Pasadena
Calif
East Caicos Island
Bahama Group
Cuba
Haiti
R. C
Boonsboro Man Jailed For Vagrancy In City Court
George Pilgrim aged 35 from Boonsboro was sentenced to three months in jail on a vagrancy charge by Magistrate M. V. B. Bostetter in city court this morning.
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George Pilgrim
Boonsboro
M.V. B. Bostetter
Mrs Louis Weaver Injured Falling On Factory Ice
Mrs Louis Weaver employed at the Jacob Bros factory Hancock slipped on ice in front of the plant and broke a leg. She was brought to Washington County Hospital for treatment.
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Louis Weaver
Jacob Bros
Hancock
Washington County Hospital
French air victory over German Messerschmitts described
French military sources report a second lieutenant and three sergeants piloting four Guardian Angel pursuit planes shot down three German Messerschmitts. The engagement occurred over German lines at about 10,000 feet as twelve enemy planes attacked. One Messerschmitt went down in flames, another crashed in a spin, and a third was forced down behind German lines.
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Paris
Tfrench
Leutenant
Messerschmitt
Resigns Post of Register in Clarence Illinois
Clarence IL Hartsock resigns as Republican Permanent Register of Voters to Gov Herbert R O Conor effective February 1 He has reportedly accepted a position with the R J Funkhouser Company Appointed January 1 his successor due within one or two weeks
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Clarence IL. Hartsock
Republican Permanent Register of Voters
Herbert R. O’conor
Hartsock
R. J. Funkhouser Company
Republican Permanent Register
O’conor
Fire sweeps Trinity Methodist church in Salisbury
Fire today is sweeping Trinity Methodist church in Salisbury former Southern Methodist church. Pastor Rev H R Deal said flames came from a heating register in the church auditorium when the fire was discovered this morning.
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Salisbury
Trinity Methodist Church
Southern Methodist
H. R. Deal
Twin Heifer Calves Born at Highland Spring Farm
George Rohrer of Highland Spring Farm Bakersville announces the birth of twin heifer calves this week marking an unusual event in farm life.
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George Rohrer
Highland Spring Farm
Bakersville
British fliers reach Bohemia and Austria in great wartime survey
British fliers completed a night long range survey over Bohemia and Austria as part of the greatest wartime reconnaissance. They attacked Nazi destroyers in the North Sea and reported destroying a German air raider over the Firth of Forth. A correspondent said operations used French bases with ranges to Vienna and Prague.
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London
Bohemia
Austria
Firth of Forth
Air Ministry
Greater
Germany
France
Vienna
Prague
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ireland
Britain
Royal Air Force
Fire Follows Blast At British Plant
Firemen fought a blaze at the Yarwood Shipbuilding plant in Northwich Cheshire after an explosion shattered windows within a two quarter mile radius. Officials reported no sabotage. The main shipyard building was destroyed as further explosions hindered firefighting efforts. Norwich lies about 30 miles southeast of Liverpool on the River Weaver in western central England.
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London
Yarwood
Northwich
Cheshire
Norwich
Liverpool
Middle England
Weaver
Mersey
Army troops drill on skis and snowshoes in northern frontiers
In northern New York Minnesota Alaska and other snow covered areas regular army troops are being drilled to travel and fight on skis and snowshoes like the Finns. Training predates the Finnish winter tactics and uses surplus and purchased equipment including 1300 pairs at Fort Snelling and 700 pairs from Alaska stock.
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Washington
New York
Minnesota
Alaska
War Department
Fort Snelling
Minn
Forts
Brady
Wayne
Michigan
Sugar exemption brightens rationing for pills in London
Britons facing rationing learned from the Pharmaceutical Journal that a sugar exemption allows sugar to coat medicinal pills. The note signals a small mercy amid wartime shortages, easing pill intake for patients awaiting treatments.
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London
Pharmaceutical Journal Today
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Donald
Clarence L. Hartsock
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Funkhouser Company
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Duke of Abercorn
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