Hannegan Tries To Bring Farley Into Democratic Fold
Washington January 24 James A Farley remains a central question as Robert E Hannegan takes over as Democratic national chairman He aims to bring Farley and other non fourth termers back into the fold and to lay groundwork for Roosevelt renomination The party shows strong support for a continued Roosevelt leadership while overtures to Farley widen among some members including former Gov E D Rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert HE. Hannegan
Hannegan
Farley
Washington
James A. Farley
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Democratic
Roosevelt
National Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Annual Meeting Plans Complete Washington County Historical Society
Plans for the annual meeting and a Civil War era exhibit at Hotel Alexander are nearly finished. The exhibit with about 16 tables of relics opens at 1 30 p m for service clubs and schools before public viewing after the meeting, led by Senator George L Radcliffe and James W Foster. The directors election will occur at 7 30 p m in the Chalet room. Mrs M Berry Doub invites loans of antique Civil War dolls to enrich the display.
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Washington County Historical Society
Alexander
Maryland
U. S
George L. Radcliffe
Maryland Historical Society
James W. Foster
State Society
Tip On Fulton Hotel Fire Best Of Week
A tip about the Fulton hotel fire that destroyed a McConnellsburg Pennsylvania hotel wins first prize in last week’s news tip contest. A second prize tip concerns a State Line resident injured in an accident and a tip about city street resurfacing. Third prize is split on tips about the Funkstown bridge accident and a local boy reported missing in action. Tips are accepted by the Daily Mail each weekday between 7 30 am and 2 40 pm.
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McConnellsburg
Funkstown
Daily Mail
Vocal Duel Tops Hollywood Bill for Feb 1
Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra signed for a vocal duel in Hollywood on February 1 The Hollywood Victory Committee promotes the event as a musical battle between old guard swing fans and the Bobby Socks Brigade The program will be broadcast only by shortwave with armed forces at the fronts as the listeners.
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Hollywood
Bing
Crosby
Frank
Sinatra
Hollywood Victory Committee
Ballyhooers
Jed
Bobby Socks Brigade
New Director of Vocational Work Touring Western Maryland
Kenneth G. Stoner, City, newly appointed director of vocational rehabilitation work in Western Maryland, has spent weeks visiting counties and contracting agencies. He resigned from the Senior High faculty to begin January 1, with headquarters in Hagerstown and a territory including Garrett, Alleghany, Washington, Frederick, Montgomery and Prince Georges counties. He succeeded Roger E. Martz, who left November 1 for the Veterans Administration in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Kenneth G. Stoner
Maryland
Stoner
Hagerstown
Garrett
Alleghany
Wash Inston
Frederick
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Roger E. Martz
Veterans Administration
Roanoke
Eight Volunteers Enlist in Navy After Physicals in Baltimore
Seventeen youths were accepted into the Navy after final physicals at the Baltimore Recruiting Office. The list includes Glenn W. Craig of 615 North Prospect Street, Rodney L. Tucker of Hagerstown Route 5, James E. Oden of 765 South Potomac Street, and others from Williamsport, Clear Spring, Greenbastle, and St. Thomas Pennsylvania.
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Navy
Swarn
Baltimore
Glenn WN. Craig
North Prospect Street
Rodney L. Tucker
Hagerstown
James E. Oden
South Potomac Street
Robert L. Higgins
Willamsport
James A. Troupe
Clarence T. Schennebeck
Clearspring
Robert Goetz
Greenbastle
Clayton M. Ehrhart
St. Thomas, Pa
Reds Threaten Another Key Railroad Line
Soviet forces push along both banks of the Volkhov to within 10 miles of Chudovo threatening to sever the main Moscow Leningrad rail link. German communications disrupted as Tosno and Pustinka near Mga are pressed. Pripet advance passes Simonovichi as Berlin reports Kerch landings.
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Moscow
Volkhov
Red Army
Chudovo
Leningrad
Moscow-Leningrad
Tosno
Mozyr
Berlin
Petsamo
Kerch
Crimea
Farmers Get Feed Payments in Washington County
Six hundred fifty nine Washington county farmers received Dairy Feed payments totaling 44 214.71 from the Agricultural Adjustment Agency for November and December. Payments averaged 77.24 per farmer at five cents per pound butterfat and 40 cents per hundred pounds of milk. Subsidies offset increased production costs and helped curb retail price rises. January payments will be issued in February. Milk producers and Farm Bureau members generally accepted the program despite earlier opposition.
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Washington County
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Farm Bureau
Annex Nears Completion at Fleming Eye Hospital
The Fleming Eye Ear Nose and Throat hospital in Williamsport is nearing completion of an eight room annex. The addition, due to increased demand, will include an up to date laundry and nurse quarters. Parking spaces will be enlarged. Contractor is Cr D Jacobs of Hagerstown.
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Fleming Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
William D. Byron
Williamsport
Cr. D. Jacobs
Hagerstown
Lumber Allocation to Washington County by WPB
The War Production Board allocated 175000 feet of lumber to Washington County for emergency farm construction and war food production. Farmers may obtain a certificate for purchase from the County Agricultural Adjustment Agency. The AAA reports low lumber requests and some of the original allocation returned to the state agency.
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War Production Board
Washington County
County Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
No Time To Pull Punches On Nazis
DETROIT January 24 British Field Marshal Sir John Dill told Detroit's Economic Club that satisfactory progress on the German contract exists but there is no time to pull punches. He said Germany has taken punishment but still has punches left and urged sustained attacks by sea land and air until Germany falls while warning Japan remains a target alongside Britain.
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Detoit
John Dill
Detroit
Economic Club
Germany
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Bond Total Reaches Three Quarters Million in Drive
Washington county nears its $2 300 000 Fourth War Loan quota with unofficial estimates by John D Hollyday showing 300 000 city aid plus 142 000 allocations 200 000 bank sales and 100 000 Fed Reserve bond sales. Post Office stores theatres war plants and county banks not yet counted may raise the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Hagerstown
Federal Reserve
CIO Chieftains Urge Fourth Term For FDR
Two thousand five hundred CIO officials urged a fourth term for President Franklin D Roosevelt at a New York conference on wages and politics. They backed his leadership for wartime goals and a return to civilian production, and endorsed his national service act proposal with qualifications. King Mihai of Romania recovers after an operation, with Berlin and Bucharest reports noting a peaceful night and improving condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
New York City
Moscow-Cairo-Teheran
CIO
Berlin Radio
Bucharest
Mihai
Romania
U.S
Axis
DNB
Australians Drive Panicked Japs Toward Madang
Australian ground troops advancing from Buna pushed Japanese forces toward Bogadjim and Madang in New Guinea. The rapid pursuit by Allied units near Bogadjim forced a retreat, leaving approximately 100 Japanese dead after a hard fought, uphill campaign to seize the area. General MacArthur announced the development in a communique, noting the fall of the inland defense and the strategic advantage of the high ground and a major highway toward Madang.
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HKDQS
New Guinea
Rommel
Bogadjim
Japan
Madang
Buna
Africa
Faria
Douglas MacArthur
Gestapo Chief Arrives in Baltic States on Inspection Tour
New York January 24. The Moscow radio quoted by the FCC reported Heinrich Himmler arrived in the German occupied Baltic states on an inspection tour. Himmler was accompanied by officers of the Gestapo and Elite Guard.
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New York
Moscow Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Steckrom Today
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Baltic States
Himmler
Gestars
Hancock Growers Enquire On War Prisoner Camp Plan
Hancock fruit growers fear a Green Ridge State Forest camp near Hancock and Cumberland could house Italian prisoners used for pulp wood work or harvest labor. If restricted to wood cutting, Bahaman workers may be displaced, prompting new camp funding. if they assist harvests, growers would object less. Leaders plan to contact Gov OConnor on policy and impact on Bahaman contracts.
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Hancock
Green Ridge
Cumberland
Gav
O’conor
Church Thief Strikes During Communion in Denver
Nila McAndrew reported to police that a theft occurred at her church seat during communion. Her purse containing $20 and ration books was stolen from the pew.
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Denver
Nila McAndrew
New Rocket Plane Prompts Sense of Security In Flight
Buffalo January 24 The jet propelled fighter described as smoother and easier to operate than a primary trainer received War Department approval through Bell Aircraft Corp president Lawrence Bell. The twin engine propellerless craft, disclosed January 6 by the U S Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force, is billed as capable of extreme speed and high altitude with pilots noting a secure feeling aloft and the smoothest ride yet in test flights.
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Buffalo
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell Aircraft Corp
War Department
Bell
Bell Aircraft
U. S. Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
Frank H. Wesley
Germans Begin Exodus From Rome As Allies Close In
German officials flee Rome preparing for military evacuation if needed after Allied landings on the Italian coast. Headquarters moved to Florence, and army communications centers pulled back toward the north. Roads, telephone lines, and diplomatic channels altered as neutrality rules tighten and anti German demonstrations rise in northern Italy.
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Madrid
Rome
Florence
Chiusi
Associated Press
Stockholm
Switzerland
Italy
Genoa
France
Barberless Town Becomes Bearded Cowboys in N M
In Barbless Masquero New Mexico on January 24 men crowd the town with unshorn faces. The sole barber left town, a new barber arrived but was drafted into the Army. Desperately a Texas woman barber was brought in but the state halted her for a license exam and denied the license.
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Masquero
N. M
Texas
Hancock Reports Surplus Despite Rising Water Costs
Hancock treasurer Nathan Fine reports a 1943 surplus of 3729 after disbursements. Water pumping expenses rose due to a motor breakdown and day pumping at higher power rates, with labor shortages forcing daytime operation. Total receipts reached 17534.37 while disbursements totaled 14914.91. bonded debt stands at 39000, retired at 1400 yearly.
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Hancock
Nathan Fine
Woman seeks police help to find $90 in shoe
A Kokomo Indiana woman asked police to locate $90 she says she placed for safekeeping in a shoe, specifically an over at the toe style, after it apparently slipped from her possession.
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Kokomo
Ind
Less You Have The Better When Stopped For Sign Violation
A tense exchange ends with Emory B Angle paying 3.45 in collateral for a fine that could range from 1 to 100 plus costs under a new law. Magistrate later sets the total at 3.45 to cover 2 dollars in fine and 1.45 in costs. Other arrests yield 100 and 645 dollar forfeitures for revoked license and reckless driving. Word arrives that Lt Col Carlisle H Humelsine has arrived in England on temporary duty with Eisenhower.
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Emory B. Angle
Clearspring
Rt. No. 1
Brackey
Angle
Brachey
Harry E. Snyder
Claude W. Rice
Cumberland
William S. Funk
Pope Avenue
Bruehey
England
Carlisle H. Humelsine
Washington, D. .C
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Humelsine
CC. FE. Humelsine
Washington
Allied forces near Rome advance from Nettuno toward Littoria
Allied headquarters report American and British troops four miles inland from the Nettuno beachhead, less than 30 miles from Rome, with the Appian Way under shellfire. German attacks along the Cassino front push to disrupt the Allied line as Nettuno expands and the coast remains held.
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HDQS
Algiers
Rome
Appian Way
Pontine Marshes
Nettuno
Littoria
Pontino
Rapido
Cassino
Expect Strong Nazi Counterdrive Soon
London reports that German forces from the south and north reserves are believed ready for a strong counterattack against the Allies at Nettuno in Italy within a week. The Fifth Army front movement risks, while German flood hazards in the Pontine marshes could hinder their push, with the sole flooded route above water still vulnerable to bombing.
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London
Nettuno
Italy
Pontine
Rome
Burger Held For Court Action In False Pretenses Case
A. Boliver Durger of Washington DC, formerly of this city, was arrested on a warrant for obtaining 70 dollars from Edgar Russard under false pretenses. He was held under 500 dollars bond for February court action after a city court hearing before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder. The charge stems from a livestock sale transaction.
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Alaga A
Boliver) Durger
Washington, D. C
Edgar Russard
Harry E. Snyder
Shatter-Proof Glass To Protect Gunners
A London report notes new shatter-proof glass for gunner positions behind ports allowing firing from protected windows amid cold gales. Two second windows enable operation without compromising maneuverability despite temperatures around 59 below zero.
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London
Dan
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Fulton
Volkhov River
Rabaul
Baltics
Hancock Growers
Frank L. Lowry
Thomas H. Troubridge
Cassino Front
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