Soviets tighten noose as Axis retreat falters near Stalingrad
Allied and Soviet fronts push hard as Rommel’s forces withdraw toward El Agheila and Stalingrad. British and American units counter cerca Tunis and Algiers rail hubs while Timoshenko reports 18,000 deaths and 72,900 prisoners. Desert and air battles widen across North Africa as German troops lose leverage.
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Tunisia
United Nations
North Africa
Tunis
Tarrent
Bizerte
Berlin
Bone
Algeria
Algiers
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Sth
Erwin Rommel
Agedabia
el Agheila
Semeon Timoshenko
Stalingrad
Volga
Stockholm
London
Red Star
Kletskarya
Thanksgiving Quiet in Hagerstown Area Observes Holiday
Thanksgiving will be observed with fewer food items and reduced travel in Hagerstown and surrounding county. Dinners may cost about 30 percent more. turkeys and hens higher, some substitutes used. Post office closed all day. schools out. library closed. football clash Hagerstown High vs Waynesboro at 4 30 PM draws large crowd.
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Hagerstown
Postofice
Post Ofice
Washington County Library
Hagerstown High School
Waynesboro
Bottle Neck Dairy Plans Final Stop In Dec
Allen Young, proprietor of the last dairy delivering by wagon in Twin Falls Idaho, says his routes will cease December 1 due to a tire shortage and lack of help. Housewives can still obtain milk by other means.
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Twinfalls
Idaho
Allen Young
Marker Journey Chronicle Fragment
A fragment notes that individuals must proceed to a marker to fulfill an unspecified task or obligation. The terse text implies a procedural step tied to a location marker, suggesting a required action at a defined point.
Dover Strait ships pass in face of German threat
Britain disclosed that 5,000 freighters moved through the 20 mile Dover strait in two years under German bombardment and coastal guns. A channel mobile balloon barrage flotilla logged 227000 miles protecting ships from low flying aircraft. Sale notice appears from Rudy's Retail Pharmacy.
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Dover
Channel
Important Dates In Ration Plans
Important December dates for rationing include coffee starting November 29 with Stamp No. 27 from War Ration Book I. By December 1 gas stamps expire and T rations begin for War Necessity Certificates. Car tire inspections and tire serial number filings are due December 1 to January 12. Stamp No. 9 sugar expires December 15 and those未 registered for War Ration Book I must apply before December 15 to receive Book II. Apply at the Ration Board.
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Focal Ration Board
Ration Board
Missionary Mrs. Knipp Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Mrs Bene Kriel Knipp wife of Rev J Edgar Knipp died Monday evening at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore from complications. The Knipps served as United Brethren missionaries in Japan for nearly forty years returning about a year ago. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at William J Tickner and Sons funeral parlor.
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Bene (Kriel) Knipp
J. Edgar Knipp
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Knipp
United Brethren Church
Japan
Liberty Ship to Be Launched as Daniel Willard
Baltimore date 7th Liberty ship to be launched at Bethlehem Fairfield yard will be named S. S. Daniel Willard honoring the late Baltimore and Ohio president. Mary Beale Willard, 10, granddaughter and sponsor, is set to christen the vessel tomorrow. Daniel Willard Jr, father of the sponsor, died May 1946. Keel laid Oct 26. vessel is a 14 500 ton cargo ship.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem Fairfield Yard
S. S
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mary Beale Willard
Daniel Willard, Jr
Big steel scrap contribution from city rails
City officials report about 400 tons of scrap steel to aid the war effort as trolley rails on North Potomac Street and adjacent avenues are removed. North Potomac rails accounted for about 100 tons, while 300 tons came from South Potomac Fairground Avenue and North Mulberry. Only a few rails remain and shipments will go to processing as carloads are secured.
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North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
Charles W. Stump
South Potomac
Fairground Avenue
North Mulberry
Suit Pigeonholed By Supreme Court
The Antitrust suit brought by the Justice Department against the Aluminum Company of America is pigeonholed as four Justices recuse themselves leaving only six and preventing a quorum. The case remains on the docket with no deadline for action, per Justice Department and Aluminum Company notices. Meanwhile Hooper Nebraska reports the Bethel Ladies Aid Society expands its charitable activities under Pastor Rev J Prince Wylie rice husked 400 bushels of corn on the Albert Nelson farm.
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Washington
Trustice Department
Aluminum Company of America
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Aluminum Company
Stone
Associated
Reed, Murphy and Jackson
Hooper, Neb
Bethel Ladies Aid Society of
Hooper
Prince Wylie
Corm
Albert Nelson Farm
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Ecuador
White House
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Senor Capitan Colon Eloy Alfaro
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bendor
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Admiralty
Britain
Rudy's Retall Pharmacy
AG. I
Hanford MacNider
The
American Legion
New Guinea
AMD
Junkers
Army
Coast Artillery Corps
Coast Artillery
Hitler
Coast Artilery
Liberty Ship
U. S. Army
Air Force
Corps OF Engineers
Signal Corps
Army Signal Corps
Recruiting and Induction Service
Hagerstown, MD
Beyee
U.S. Army
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