Plane crash at Aberdeen Proving Ground Kills two officers
Aberdeen Proving Ground officials identified the victims as Second Lt. Al K. Schruf 24 of Naugatuck Conn and Lt. John E. Byrnes 26 of Evanston Ill both men assigned to the ordnance replacement training center. Byrnes flew as observer in the crash. No cause announced.
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Aberdeen
al K. Schruf
Naugatuck
John E. Byrnes
Evanston
Ill
Byrnes
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
Lend-Lease Report Details Aid to Russia and Britain
The report shows 63 percent rise in Russia aid in ten months of 1943 with aircraft tanks and other munitions forming 56 percent of exports. It notes 7,000 planes and 195,900 vehicles sent to the U. S. S. R., 343,000 tons of wheat and flour and 277,000 tons of sugar to the Soviet Union, while munitions accounted for 48 percent of exports to Britain.
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America
Britain
Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
U. S
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
Commissioner Sale of House and Lots in Frederick Co Va
Public auction to sell Lots 10 11 12 on Ross Street near Winchester Va in Frederick County. Three parcels offered separately or together with terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and fire policy. Decree entered December 1943 in Ernest Clemens et al v Miller et al. Auction in front of Winchester Court House January 15, 1944 at noon.
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Circuit Court of Frederick Co
Ernest Clemens
Harry
M. Miller
Court House
Winchester
Jerry M
Landora Clem
Frederick County
Berryville Avenue
Ross Street
Shennon Hill
J. E. Everhart
C. A. Pauver
M.M Lynch
R. Duvall & Dunn
Favors Law For Auto Liability
A 46 page bill from a special commission led by Senator Ralph H. Daughton proposes compulsory insurance, licensing action for liable drivers, and options to prove financial responsibility. The plan would let the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles suspend licenses of drivers who fail to satisfy judgments from auto accidents. The bill aims to curb reckless driving without extra costs to careful drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Daughton
Norfolk
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Hopkins Letter To Be Probed
The Hopkins Letter regarding potential renomination of Wendell Willkie will be investigated by a federal grand jury. Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark said the District of Columbia jury will probe publication of the letter described as a forgery and tied to Dr. Umphrey Lee of Southern Methodist University.
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Washington
Hopkins
Wendell Willkie
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Harry L. Hopkins
Umphrey
Eq) Lee
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Ohio
Joe Brown Criticizes Back Area Entertainers Frontline Tour
Allied Carter dispatch from Algiers reports Joe Brown arriving for a month of Italy shows and blasting entertainers who avoid the front. He says front line soldiers need entertainment and condemns shows scheduled for him around headquarters rather than a front tour.
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Carters
Algiers
Joe ) Brown
Italy
Army
Special Services
Czecho-Slovak President Benes Returns to London
Eduard Benes arrives in London after visiting Moscow where he signed a mutual assistance pact with Soviet Russia on behalf of the government-in-exile. The measure aligns Czecho-Slovakia with Soviet military and political support during wartime.
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London
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Moscow
Soviet Russia
WFA weighs price supports amid broader food subsidy debate
The War Food Administration endorses a plan to create a basic food allotment funded by federal aid, subsidizing 20 percent of families hit hardest by rising costs. It envisions stamps covering a diet’s cost, administered through state and local agencies, with an estimated $646 yearly basic diet cost for a family of four and a required income of at least $2,350 to meet that diet.
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Aiken
WFA
Gospel Power Lit by Early Church Message
The Rev Hawkins of Sidcdock Street Methodist Church told Week of Prayer attendees that the early church transformed lives and the world and can again through faith in the gospel. He cited Romans 1 16 and urged the congregation to become channels for divine power. The service was led by Rev R A Whitten with Dr E T Clark presiding and Rev C R Line to preach tonight with Rev John Teter assisting.
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Hawkins
Sidcdock Street Methodist Church
Christ Church
Christ
Ministerial Association
C. R. Line
Cork Street Church
DuPonts and Partners Face Sherman Act Suit
Walter S. Carpenter Jr of Du Pont said the Justice Department suit against Du Pont Remington Arms and Imperial Chemical Industries for an international cartel is difficult to understand during wartime. He noted the agreements have long been in government records and prior Congressional inquiries.
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du Pont
ICI
Remington
United States
Wilmington
Del
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr
E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Department of Justice
Remington Arms Company
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd
Carpenter
Placarded Bodies Found Across France on Riviera Hill
Six unidentified bodies were found on a hill above Nice bearing placards reading The national Anti-Terrorist Committee. Reports say six more bodies with the same signs had been found recently in Lyon and other parts of France, indicating a coordinated pattern.
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Barcelona
Jan
National Anti - Terrorist Committee
Nice
French Riviera
France
Lyon
Allies Press Slice Toward Cassino In Italian Front
Allied forces push toward Cassino opening the path for armored deployment as Germans hold Siegfried Line like defenses in western Germany. Canadians seize a height near Torre Mucchio while fierce fighting rages along the Adriatic coast. British artillery harasses German transport near Orsogna and destroyers Janna and Jervis shell Pesaro. American Spitfires strike shipping at Civitavecchia and Port Ercole.
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Cassino
Siegfried” Line
Germany
Eighth Army
Torre Mucchio
Adiatic
British Artiller
Orsogna
Adriatic
Janna
Jervis
Pesaro
Rimini
Civitavecchia
Rome
Port Ercole
Orbetello
RAF raids hit Stettin and German targets across western Germany
Fifteen aircraft were lost in a second night of air attacks on targets in western Germany and northern France. The 1,300 mile round trip raid focused on Stettin, a Baltic port and key German industrial hub, with further strikes affecting oil depots and rail and marine facilities. Reports from Switzerland claimed Berlin was half destroyed and much of the city damaged, as Copenhagen broadcast anti aircraft action during the RAF long-range mission.
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Germany
France
Stettin
Berlin
G 51
Soute Ame
Thorag
Russia
Hitler
Leipzig
Tartly
Switzerland
RAF
Rostock
Copenhagen
RAF intensifies January raids and Kiel shipyard hit
The RAF carried out its third raid in five days in January and a fourth in eight days, a pace for winter operations. Stockholm newspaper Af ton tidningen said Kiel’s arsenal and the Deut sche Werke shipyard were almost entirely destroyed in the heavy bombing. The yard built the pocket battleship Leutzow, the battleship Gneisenau, and the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin.
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RAF
Stockholm Aftontidningen
Deutsche Werke
Kiel
Bordeaux
Tours
France
Germany
Leutzow
Gneisenau
Graf Zeppelin
Special Meeting at John Mann Church
The Rev E H Jackson pastor of John Mann Methodist Church announced a special trustee meeting due to an emergency. It will be held at the parsonage 313 South Kent Street tomorrow at 8 p m and all members were urged to be present.
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E. H. Jackson
John Mann’ Methodist Church
South Kenttreet
Greeks Report Massacre by Germans at Kalavrita
The exiled Greek government says German forces massacred more than 1 008 residents of Kalavrita and destroyed Mega Spileon and Agia Lavra convents. Males over two were gathered outside the town for a speech that proved to be machine gun fire, and women and children were forced to flee into a burning school with many deaths.
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Cairo
Kalavrita
Mega Spileon
Agia Lavra
Peloponnesus
65 Carriers Are Built In Year 1943
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. American shipyards doubled navy size in 1943 by producing 65 carriers of all types. Six Essex 27,000 ton carriers, nine light 10,000 ton cruisers, and 50 escort carriers. James Forrestal called the output a record in a Beekman Hospital Fund speech. He warned against dismantling the fleet after the war and urged lasting national security through power.
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New York
Navy
James Forrestal
Ae Ae
Beekman Hospital Fundge
Atlantc
United States Navy
Fori
Rome
Wale Neagpreese
Smuts
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Forrestal
United States
United States Navy Builds Great Sea and Air Power
The passage emphasizes the United States Navy as the cornerstone of national defense, outlining ongoing efforts to develop formidable sea and air capabilities as foundational strategic strength.
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United States Navy
Civic League Meeting Postponed In Winchester
The Women's Civil League of Winchester postpones its regular monthly meeting from Friday January 7 to Friday January 14. The change is announced by president Mrs Melvin Green due to the death of her husband yesterday in Richmond.
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Women’s Civil League of
Winchester
Melvin Green
Civic League
Richmond
Dorthy Lamour Labeled Hazard to War Output
Cleveland news reports Zelma Monahan of the Office Workers Union labeled actress Dorthy Lamour a risk to war production at a Federation of Labor meeting. Monahan claimed Lamour’s alleged idleness during wartime duties wasted thousands of man hours and hindered war plants.
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Cleveland
Dorthy Lamour
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Zelma E. Monahan
Office Workers’ Union
Miss “Amour
William E. Green
American Federation of Labor
Miss Monahan
British submarines sink eight German ships in Mediterranean
London January 6 report says British submarines have sunk eight German or German controlled ships, including a large tanker, and damaged two others in recent operations in the Mediterranean, according to the Admiralty.
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London
Admiralty
WV House Backs Jobs Help for Returning Soldiers
West Virginia House of Delegates approved a plan to study veteran rehabilitation and create a joint House-Senate committee to find ways to place soldiers back into jobs. The measure, aided by Delegate Rush Holt, awaits Senate concurrence as the session nears adjournment.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ooreginia House of Delegates
Rush Holt
D.lewis
House-Senate
Senate
House
Holt
George Rairden
R.mason
Neely
No Grain Market In Baltimore Delays Prices
Baltimore grain market reports lack of 4 spot price data on January 6 due to pending OPA ceilings. Officials await determination, keeping buyers in suspense.
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Baltimore
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