Allies Breakthrough in North Africa First Round Victory
Allied forces push through Tunisia as French garrisons switch sides or resist, while Rommel’s retreating Afrika Korps evacuates Bengasi. British American troops advance from the Atlas foothills toward Bizerte as German divisions move toward the Balkans to counter the invasion.
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Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Jossez
Bengasi
Siant
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Rehgasi
Berlin
Rommel
Tripolitania
Atlas Mountains
Morocco
Barre
North African
W Tlter Nehring
Oran
Algiers
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Europe
North
Africa
Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Balkans
Greece
Retreating Rommel Prompts Franco Warning In War Tactics
In a Mediterranean theater flare up, Rommel’s disengagement drew praise as his retreat grew more exemplary under battlefield pressure. Franco warned both sides against seizing Spanish bases, threatening immediate aid shifts. Berlin radio signaled a possible surprise.
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Rommel
Mediterranean
Spain
Francisco Franco
Axis
Berlin
Realty Market Has Good Week
Realty market shows a productive week with multiple transfers. Transactions include Vorous couple on Greenmount avenue Halfway for 5800 dollars, McDade to Long and Colman on West Water street Smithsburg for 2400, Largent widow, Freeze couple on Concord street for 3509, Glick to Frizzell on Maryland avenue for 4509, Petre to Litten 101 acres near Paramount for 3100, and Moser to Ward at Williamsport Greencastle Western Pike intersection for 6800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob W. Vorous
Greenmount Avenue
Halfway
Myra L. McDade
Jennie B. Long
Laurie H. Col
West Water Street
Smithsburg
Carrie B. Largent
Stanley C. Freeze
Concord Street
Helen Rose Glick
John W. Frizzell
Maryland Avenue
George W. Petre
Jank P. Litten
Paramount
George W. Moser
Beatrice Ward
Williamsport
Greencastle
Western Pike
Cost Of Living Up Slightly Since May
Federal Price Administrator Leon Henderson told a citizens anti inflation rally that the cost of living has risen only a little since May under OPA price management. He noted sugar cost during WWI and urged public responsibility for rationing and price control. A body identified by fingerprint in the bus terminal is Herre Willett, born November 15, 1821 in Brooklyn, last resident Miami, Fla.
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Boston
Leon Henderson
OPA
Citizens
Henderson
America
Federal Bureau of Inaasion
Herre 3
Willet
J. Edgar Hoover
FHI
Wired
Wayne Selman
Brooklyn
Miami
Fla
Russians Push Back Germans on Caucasus Front
Soviet forces widened a Caucasus offensive after a Red Star report of deep penetration toward Ordzhonikidze. German units were driven from high ground and shelled as they retreated for five days, abandoning equipment while Soviet artillery pounded their flanks.
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Iura
Tuapse
Black Sea
Moscow
Yitory
Caucasus
Ordzhonikidze
Tiflis
Trans- Caucasus
Groz 'S
Melchik
Mozdok
Red Star
Nelchick
Bomb Defense Talk Highlights Hagerstown Industry Risks
Lt Col Rasni Coff warned bomb reconnaissance in Washington county shows Hagerstown as a vital industrial hub producing war materiel. He cited rail lines highways and Potomac river as attack targets, urged bomb detection and civilian evacuation measures and described factory workers as fighters in total war.
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Hagerstown
Rasni Coff
Ordnance Department
Third Service Command
State
Pipolies
Public Utilities
Railroad Department of Pub Works
War Industries
OCD
Washington County
Potomac River
Cot ii Cof
Neic
Sterday
Will Increase WAAC Strength
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to raise the WAAC ultimate strength from 25 000 to 150 000 with a long time anticipated to reach the figure. He announced a minimum statutory strength of 150 600 and noted extensive training will be needed. The Corps should have 26 000 women on duty by next July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Waaacc
Roosevelt outlines draft deferments and factory protections
President Roosevelt announced limits on deferments for federal workers and factory staff vital to munitions. He warned against rushes for commissions and urged uniform action by draft boards. A management element may certify replacability to ensure workers stay in essential plant roles.
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Roosevelt
Aix
Ineligible for Coffee Under Ration Plan Update
The rationing office explains coffee eligibility under the last sugar stamp coupon. Children who were 15 or older as of last April qualify, while those who turned 15 since April do not. The policy aims to simplify the complex system, with future book updates reestablishing eligibility for those aged 10 years and older.
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Ramion
Warn Plants Youths to Go Warn Plants Youths to Go
A wartime notice warns youths and older men, many over 36, to report for service while many are rejected as physically unfit. Defense plants are urged to release personal deferments and quotas must be met, with extensive hospitalization and discharges noted.
New Nursing Home Inspires Community Interest
A photo in today's Daily Mail shows the infant and child ward staff at a new nursing home during yesterday’s inspection by the Hagera Tiwh group. The event highlights ongoing care improvements and local involvement in elderly and pediatric welfare.
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Sof
Daily Mail
10 Cent Tax Cut Seen by Oilman and City Leader
Oilman said a 10 cent cut in the tax rate seems likely. Councilman praised City Tax Collector Harold F. Bester for cleaning up back taxes dating six years and boosting current tax collections to new highs. The tax office also handles sewer rents and arrears. The electric department reports an excellent year but warns expansion limits due to war priorities and higher coal costs for 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold F. Bester
Municipal Electric Light Department
Evictions Tied to Spite and Rent Evasion
Bohman notes possible amendments to rent regulations to curb evictions and phony sales. He warns landlords caught evading the Act will face prosecution with Justice Department cooperation. Local Rent Office plans stricter enforcement as tenants and landlords show willingness to comply during the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohman
Department of Justice
Editors Letter Box and Salvage Plea Raise War Alarm
A wartime editors letter urges readers to wake up to defense needs and car shortages in Sjagerstown and cites cars from several states. A Salvage Chairman appeals to keep scrap bins near Court House and Post Office filled to aid steel mills, noting radio broadcasts and the 196,000 tons lost at sea.
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Hatzerstown
Lam
Court House
Post
WIES
Hagerstown
Fulton
Lewis, Jr
Pacific
United States
Maryland
Sparrows Point
H. Findlay French
Service-age air crew and Navy cadets reported active
Local families report sons enlisting in June and now on active duty across Army Air Corps Reserve and Navy programs. The notes list Nash ville classification center assignments, preflight and bombardier schools, and posts at Sheppard Field Athens Ga Great Lakes and Camp Wheeler Ga. A family celebrates promotions and letters from several servicemen including brothers on a warship in the Pacific and a Mount Saint Mary’s alum classified as bombardier in Tennessee.
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W. Gordon Willard
Rosella Willard
Franklin Street
Army Air Corps Reserve
Classification Center
Nashville
Both Browbers
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Great Lakes
California
Pat
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
Hawaii
Long Brothers
Hollywood
United States
Leo
Virginia
Mount Saint Mary’s
Emmitsburg
Joseph S. Asip
Army Air Center
Tennessee
Army Air Forces
Asip
New Guinea Front
Australia
Harry Chaney
Washington
Arenus
H. L
Bud) Cheney
Chaney
Robert
Camp Wheeler
Atlantic City
Delay Sought in National Gasoline Rationing
On November 20 seven five House members urged a 50 day postponement of nationwide gasoline rationing and Speaker Rayburn said he was pushing officials to defer rationing in oil producing areas until further study. He aimed for at least January 1.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
Car Truck Crash Injures No One in Funkstown Intersection
An automobile and a truck collided yesterday afternoon at the Antietam and Maple streets intersection in Funkstown. State Trooper J. Coady said no one was injured. The truck, operated by Edward W. Poffenberger of East Franklin street, was traveling north on Antietam street. both vehicles were badly damaged. Samuel H. Haylor of Union Bridge was involved in the case.
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Antietam
Maple Sreets
Funkstown
J. 3. Coady
Samuel H. Haylor
Union Bridge
Maple Street
Edward W. Poffenberger
Franklin Street
Antetam Street
Yule Program Is Abandoned In Hagerstown
The War Production Board urges no outdoor Christmas lights this year and private homes should also trim fewer decorations. Mayor Sweeney and the council cancel municipal lighted trees in Public Square Washington Square and parks citing traffic and WPB requests. Budget talks continue as the year-end discussion proceeds.
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War Production Board
Hagerstown
Light Department
Washington Square
WPB
Richard Sweeney
America
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Reeve
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Hagerstown Dairy
Resni Coff
Triangle Food Stores
Shockey Furniture Co
Summit Ave
RAND
W. Washington St
WAAC
Bohman-Warne, Inc
Hane
Franklin St
Montgomery Ward
Sjagerstown
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
North Carolina
Michigan
Jim
Henry R. Kritzer
Salvage
Emtor
Des Moines
Pyi. Eary A. Downs
H.R. Sinsel
Chewsville
Sheppard Field
Tex
Albert W. Starliper
U.S. Navy
Athens
H. L. Starliper
Roessner Avenue
Fairchild Aircraft
Lewis N. Ripe
Virginia Avenue
Pvt
Edward A. Ripe
Camp Wheeler, Ga
Co. A
Ruth Schmidt
North Potomac Street
Charles Schmidt
Charles
Lincoln
Neb
Raymond A. Tucker
Uncle Sam
W. WW. Tucker
West Antietam Street
Tucker
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Sherwin-Williams
Rohrer & Co
Potomac
Concord
Potomac ST
W.P
Styles
Oxfords
Washington St
San
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Baltimore City
Baltimore City Hospitals
Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
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