Opposition Split Over Soldier Vote By Vandenberg
Washington Jan 28 Senator Vandenberg Michigan announced he would vote for the administration backed war ballot bill to ensure service personnel can vote in November. He criticized Roosevelt charge of fraud and said he would offer an amendment to ease state and federal absentee ballots. Republican opposition faced Democratic charges it was political.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roosevelt
McNary
Ore
Senate
Holman
R-Ore
Pseudo-Spring Brings First Robin Seen in Virginia Avenue Yard
Jos McDaniels reported the first robin of the year in his Virginia avenue yard after a warm spell. Keedysville weather observer J A Miller noted yesterday’s high near 67 and a 40 degree low, with January 13, 1932 recording 78 degrees as a historical high for January.
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Jos McDaniels
Virginia Avenue
Mercury
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Miller
274 New Housing Units Finished In Hagerstown War Housing Program
274 new privately financed dwelling units have been completed in the Hagerstown area under the National Housing Agency war housing program. About 53 units remain under construction, with completed and under construction housing to house roughly 1240 war workers and families. State Director Lester Muller of the Federal Housing Administration announced.
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National Housing Agency
Hagerstown
Lester Muller
Federal Housing Administration
Publisher William Dewart Dies at 68 in New York Sun Chief
William T. Dewart, 68, longtime president of the New York Sun, died last night after a remarkable rise from a $12-a-week office worker to a leading national newspaper executive. He built the Sun into a prominent publication and shaped its direction during his tenure.
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New York
William T. Dewart
The
New York Sun
Hoarded Checks Urged to Convert to War Bonds
Fairchild Aircraft Division today urged all employees to stop hoarding pay checks and convert them into War Bonds. The accounting division found many workers cashing checks late, causing extra work. The department asked employees to cash promptly or invest the funds in War Bonds as a solid investment.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Department
Pro Axis Thio In Argentine Cabinet Quits
Argentine cabinet resignations strike as three ministers and three officials abandon posts over opposition to breaking with the Axis. President Ramirez warns Germany and Japan, urges silence, bans Axis commerce, and suspends Nazi publication Pampero amid a tense diplomatic shift.
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Thio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Axis
Pedro Ramirez
Germany
Japan
Pampero
Gustavo Martinez Srvirta
Justice
Local Engineer Hetzer Elected President of Maryland Association
C William Hetzer, a prominent local engineer and contractor, was elected president of the Maryland Association of Engineers at the 15th annual meeting held at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore. He succeeds Luke Ellis, with wartime constraints limiting the event to banquet and elections. Hetzer, former Washington County Roads head and Williamsport town engineer, founded the county road department in 1939 and built a highly regarded division without cost to taxpayers.
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C. William Hetzer
Maryland Association of Engineer
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore
Hetzer
Luke Ellis
Washington County
Williamsport
Shortage Of Cigars Fags Continue As Demand Surges
New York January 28 A record demand for cigars and cigarettes signals year ahead sales will be limited by manufacturers ability to produce The Cigar Institute of America reports members who account for 75 percent of cigar sales cannot fill all orders Makers of leading cigarette brands have rationed supplies to dealers Printer's Ink notes this practice will likely continue based on a survey by Harry M Wootten of Reynolds Co
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New York
Cigar Institute of America
Harry M. Wootten
Reynolds & Co
Night workers hear plan to curb noise with school kids
New York Jan 28 reports the National Noise Abatement Council will enlist school children in a nationwide campaign against noise after night workers, who sleep by day, applauded the move.
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New York
National
Tuberculosis Remains Costly in Washington County
Washington County reports 107 TB cases in 1943, up from 87 in 1942 but below 1941’s peak of 128. A wartime rise in TB mortality is noted by Health Officer Dr. W. R. Willard, with a spot map showing TB deaths scattered across the county and no single hotbed. Mortality trends nationally show a 70 percent drop from 1910 to 1940, while wartime factors influence local figures.
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Washington County
W. R. Willard
Willard
Maryland
T. B
U. S
Politics Versus Human Lives Editorial Review
A Washington County editorial urges the Board of County Commissioners to study a Daily Mail tuberculosis report. It highlights taxpayer costs and cites the health officer blaming insufficient nursing services. The piece argues the commissioners underfund public health staffing and questions elected leaders’ performance.
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Board of County Commissioners
Daily Mail
Washington County
Atrocities Revealed Against Bataan Heroes By Japs Reported
A U S government joint Army Navy report details brutal Japanese mistreatment of Bataan and Corregidor defenders. Based on survivors and sworn statements, the document describes starvation, torture, water denial, executions, and horsewhipping of wounded and aiding soldiers. Page 3 continues the account.
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William Frye
Washington
Bataan and
Corregidor
United States
Army
Navy
Pacific
Victory Parade Offset by Filipino Aid in Manila
The War and Navy Departments report Japanese plans for a triumphant Manila parade were offset by Filipino civilians. Bedraggled American and Filipino prisoners were aided along the route as guards beat those who sought aid, according to Commander Melvyn H. McCoy.
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Washington
Manila
War and Navy Departments
Bataan
Corregidor
Melvyn H. McCoy
Japs Now Conserving Planes For Defense
New Georgia Solomon Islands January 25 delayed The Japanese, hurt by heavy losses in the Rabaul campaign, are conserving aircraft for urgent defense needs, Allied fighter command announced today after a flight of 50 Navy and Marine planes circled Rabaul for 35 minutes without a confrontation.
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New Georgia
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
Chicken Egg Diet For U S Prisoners
War and Navy Departments clarified Japanese propaganda claiming American prisoners were fed on chicken and eggs. They cited instances such as three chickens per 500 men and 50 eggs per 500 men as reported by Japanese broadcasts.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Eden Charges Atrocities By Japanese War Prisoners
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that thousands of British troops died as prisoners under tropical jungle conditions without shelter clothing food or medical care. He cited US findings of torture starvation and murder of about 36000 American and Filipino captives at Bataan and Corregidor and warned Japan its record will not be forgotten.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Japan
Eden
U. S. Army
Washington
Bataan
Corregidor
Twelve Years For Murder Of Wife In Virginia
Weedell P. Arrington, 29, a Miami shipyard worker, was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of his wife, 23 year old Mildred S. Arrington. He received a fixed 12 year term after testifying he choked and slashed her with a razor in a passion fueled by her alleged pregnancy claim, which autopsy later disputed.
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Schmond
Weedell P. Arrington
Miami
WAC
Mildred S. Arrington
Arrington
Jap Military Attache Seized By Rumania
Ankara dispatch reports the Japanese military attache in Bucharest was arrested and jailed by Romanian authorities for illicit radio communication with Mastow. The diplomat allegedly attempted suicide during a raid on his residence but was captured. Two Japanese soldiers involved in operating the secret link with Russia were also arrested.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bucharest
Mastow
Russia
Romania
Randolph avenue dog barking case verdict in city court
Miss Margaret Barr of Randolph avenue was found guilty in city court for keeping dogs that barked loudly and disturbed neighbors. She was fined 25 dollars plus costs after neighbors testified the barking disrupted night and day, while she and others argued the dogs did not annoy them.
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Randolph Avenue
M. W. B. Bostetter
Margaret Barr
Miss Barr
Mollers
Long And Successful Battle With U Boat Described By Navy
The Navy reports sinking another U boat in the Atlantic after a day long hunt by escort carrier planes and destroyers. After initial sighting at 8 am the sub fought back with guns and charges. Depth charges, oil on the water, and repeated attacks culminated in the submarine surfacing and then sinking beneath the waves. Over 200 depth charges were used in the pursuit.
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Washington
America
Atlantic
Launching Seen by Television Announces Missouri’s Launch
GE workers who built propulsion units for the U S S Missouri will watch the launch on TV. Sets are being installed at the plant to receive the Brooklyn Navy Yard telecast. In Detroit, a jury found five youths guilty of manslaughter for the fatal June race riot shooting of Moses Kiska, aged 68, while three others were acquitted.
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Schenactady
General Electric
U.S.S. Missouri
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Detroit
A_ recorder's court
Moses Kiska
Kiska
Berlin battered as Nazis suffer major air defeat
London dispatch reports hundreds of RAF night bombers setting Berlin ablaze in a new blow to the Nazi nerve center. American heavy bombers followed at daybreak blasting a military target in northern France as the eighth raid this month. RAF forces hit Nielgeland and other western German and northern French targets, with 34 aircraft lost in the night operations.
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W. W
London
RAF
Berlin
Ain
H. H. Arnold
Cider
Europe
Atlantic Wall
U. S
France
Nielgeland
North Sea Insland
Germany
Children Wade Home After Bus Gets Stuck On Muddy Road
Parents in the Mt Lena Baytown area, Washington County, protest county roads management after school bus cannot traverse the Mt Lena Baytown road. Children wade through mud up to 1.5 miles home while a County Roads scraper only covers some mud with chipped stone, seen as a wasted use of taxpayer funds. Residents report ongoing difficulty exiting homes when rains or thaws occur.
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Mt. Lena-Bagtown
Washington County
County Roads Department
Board of County Commissioners
Mt. Lena
Mtt. Lena-Baytown
County Road Department
Neighbor shoots bobcat after farmer’s prize chicken killed
Mrs. Asa Slements, of Yell McCALL Idaho, wrestled the bobcat with a pitchfork when it killed her prize chicken. Infuriated, she yelled for an hour before a neighbor, responding to the call, shot the animal.
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Mccall
Idaho
Asa Slements
Dog Wins Suit By Keeping Mouth Shut
CHATTANOOGA Jan 28 A hung dog won a law suit by sitting on his haunches and keeping his mouth shut. Judge N B Hargraves invited J B Blalock and Hubert Harris from the bench to settle ownership of the dog in a replevin case. Harris said the dog never barked when treed while Blalock testified the dog did bark on the trail and under the tree. The dog satisfied the judge and the replevin was denied. Harris will keep the dog.
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Chattanooga
N. B. Hargraves
General Sessions Court
J.B. Blalock
Hubert Harris
Harris
Blalock
Hargraves
Allies Ready To Take Initiative In Italy
A dispatch quotes Allied Commander in Chief Gen Sir Harold L.G. Alexander saying Fifth Army is firmly south of Rome and ready to take the initiative after seizing the initial beachhead. He notes the surprise factor and that the port of Anzio was highly prepared.
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New York
C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times Today
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Italy
Fifth Army
Rome
Alexander
Anzio
Demoni
Jap Held Admiralty Islands Plastered in New Allied Blitz
Advancing Allied air power targets the Admiralty Islands in the Bismarck Sea threatening isolation for Japanese forces in New Guinea. Gen Douglas MacArthur reports the sixth raid in nine days with heavy bombers delivering 120 tons of explosives to key targets including Momotomairdrome. Nine raids this month have destroyed 15 to 18 planes, sunk seven ships, and damaged five more.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Momoto
Blind Woman's Quilt At Exhibit Draws Wonder
Thousands visit the Hotel Alexander exhibit and admire an old dove design quilt. A card explains it was made by a blind woman from Hagerstown over a century ago. The quilt uses color strings to guide arrangement, and its maker's name remains unknown.
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Henry Holzapfel
Locust Street
Holzapfel Sain
Allies Repel German Drive at Nettuno Beachhead Near Anzio
Allied headquarters report a German 10th Army assault at the Nettuno beachhead near Carroceto ten miles north of Anzio and 21 miles south of Rome was repulsed by British forces. In the same period Germany lost at least 50 planes in six battles over the beachhead and southern France as Flying Fortresses and Liberators hit airfields near Marseille and Montpellier crippling raid bases. Heavy armored trains shelled Allied troops while Tiger tanks gathered near the beachhead ahead of renewed action.
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Algier
10Th Army
Nettuno
Carroceto
Via Anziate
Anzio
Rome
France
Marseille
Montpellier
Welfare Board Adopts Five Economy Policies
The Washington County Welfare Board moved to curb general public assistance by restricting eligibility. It bars aid to those living with nonreceiving relatives, to individuals with over ten dollars monthly cash income, and to units already receiving old age or blind aid. Pending funds limit expanding aid to dependent children cases not over eighteen dollars. New applications only when needs are fully met.
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Washington County Welfare Board
Board of County Commissioners
Train Collides With Auto In Fogny Crossing
A Western Maryland train bound for Hillen street station from Union Bridge struck the rear of an auto driven by Edward Pellam of Baltimore in heavy fog. Pellam was thrown from the car and severely injured while the train, delayed briefly, continued on. Police said the crossing blinker lights appeared dimmed by the fog.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Hillen Street
Union Bridge
Edward Pellam
Violator's Tip sparks thrift stamp price complaint in New Orleans
Mod Leumas of the district OPA shoe rationing office received a telephone report from an irate female citizen about a neighbor selling stamps above the ceiling price. The caller claimed a woman charges three dollars for loose stamps while the citizen says she has never paid more than fifty cents. OPA agents are investigating.
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New Orleans
Leumas
OPA
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